Herbs perennial, prostrate, 6-16 cm tall, densely brownish floccose-villous/strigose. Petiole less than 1.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, rarely lanceolate, 4-6.5 × 1.5-2.6 cm, strigose, base cuneate, margin undulate-serrate to crenate, ciliate, apex obtuse to sometimes acute. Inflorescences terminal, less than 3 cm, of many crowded verticillasters; floral leaves ovate, base rounded, margin subentire to undulate-crenate. Pedicel short to obsolete. Calyx campanulate, 5-6 mm, strigose, especially on teeth; teeth triangular-ovate, to 2/3 as long as calyx, ciliate. Corolla white with purple lines, tubular, slightly incurved, villous, villous annulate inside; upper lip straight, lobes circular, almost as long as lateral lobes of lower lip, ciliate; middle lobe of lower lip obcordate, lateral lobes oblong, ciliate. Nutlets adaxially swollen at middle, areole covering most of adaxial side. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Jun-Sep.
Alpine and Rhododendron thickets, pine forests, pastures; at elevations from 2,800-3,500 metres. Dry, stony pastureland at an elevation of 2,550 metres.
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