Description
Flowers of M. Dalemain can be mauve – blue, or purple – blue. Usually 3 to 4 flowers emerge from the false whorl and often there are 1 to 2 more flowers from the axils at the top of the stem. The forward facing flowers are saucer shaped and held high above the false whorl. Each flower has four oval shaped petals which at first are deeply overlapping.
The style is long with a prominent stigma. The fruit capsule is elliptic in shape and covered in bristles.
The emerging leaves are broad with red-purple pigmentation. They are covered with straw coloured hairs. As the leaves mature the pigmentation fades and they become green. The basal leaves have a long petiole and are elliptic in shape. The stem leaves clasp the stem. All leaves have uneven teeth.