A 1969 accession from RBG Kew with no provenance information. It has a spreading habit, producing rosettes of small, rounded, leathery, bright green leaves with a wavy edge and pink margin. Leaf surface is entirely smooth with no cilia present on the margin. Short stout green stems carry dense heads of drooping purple flowers in red calyces in spring. A fairly unattractive form of the species. It can be found growing in the rock garden at Kew.