Herbs erect. Stems 20-60 cm tall, much branched from base, pubescent. Petiole 3-13 mm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1-4 × 0.5-1.5 cm, her-baceous, pubescent, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin serrate except for entire base, apex acute to slightly obtuse. Spikes cylindric to subglobose, 2-6 × 1 cm, densely purple moniliform villous; verticillasters dense; bracts ovate-orbicular, ca. 1.5 mm, apex rounded, villous. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1 mm, purple moniliform villous; teeth subtriangular, posterior slightly longer; fruiting calyx subglobose, ca. 4 × 3 mm, margin and teeth reflexed. Corolla purplish, ca. 2.5 mm, densely purple moniliform villous outside, obscurely pilose annulate inside, tube funnelform, upper lip emarginate, middle lobe of lower lip slightly shorter than lateral lobes. Anterior stamens slightly exserted. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid, ca. 2 × 1.2 mm, apex tuberculate, finely puberulent, adaxially slightly ribbed. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.
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An annual herb. It grows 20-60 cm high. It is hairy. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 2-10 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. There are coarse teeth. The flowers are pale purple. They are in dense groups 1-7 cm long at the ends of branches. The fruit are 2 nutlets.
It is a cold temperate plant. It grows in cold desert. It is widespread in north-eastern and western China. It grows in cold arid places. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 3,000-4,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Forest margins, alpine meadows, hills, waste areas, riverbanks, forests; at elevations from 1,000-4,100 metres
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