Herbs, (perennial), ca. ?24 cm tall, glabrous. Rootstock and radical leaves unknown. Stem (possibly only upper part) with 2 leaves, simple. Cauline leaves subsessile; blade glaucous on both surfaces, less so above, oblong, 4-8 × 2-3 cm, pinnate, with 3 pairs of widely spaced pinnae; pinnae ovate, deeply cleft to pinnatifid into 3-5 obovate lobes (lowermost pinnae sometimes divided to midvein). Racemes 15-flowered, ca. 10 cm; lower 3 bracts distant, pinnate like upper leaf, 1.5-3.5 cm, middle and upper bracts entire, much smaller, rhombic-ovate, often shortly stalked, pointed, 3-6 × 1-4 mm. Lower pedicels 20-30 mm, upper pedicels 7-12 mm. Sepals purple, ca. 3 × 2 mm, rounded, distinctly acuminate, dentate. Corolla with broad profile, "pale magenta," inner petals dark tipped; upper petal broadly spreading, 20-22 mm, obtuse and shortly pointed; crest very narrow or absent; spur slightly downcurved apically, cylindric, 11-12 mm, very thick (ca. 4 mm), obtuse; nectary conspicuous, ca. 1/2 as long as spur; lower petal 13-14 mm, shallowly saccate near middle, contracted into short claw, limb broadly obtuse, shortly pointed; inner petals ca. 11 mm, dorsal crest small, not reaching apex. Stigma, fruit, and seeds unknown. Fl. Jul.
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