Descriptions

It features slender, prostrate or ascending stems covered with appressed and spreading hairs. Its leaves are small, petiolate or subsessile. The plant produces blue flowers, each with a rounded corolla. The fruit is a globular capsule that splits into four valves, typically containing four smooth, black seeds.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

Throughout the year

Use(s)

The plant is bitter, and decoction is useful in the treatment of fever. The oil promotes growth of hair.