Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. Stems erect, unbranched, finely pubescent. Basal leaves long petiolate. Stem leaves alternate, short petiolate; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially sparsely minutely pubescent, pinnatisect; segments narrowly lanceolate, pinnatisect, dentate, teeth callose. Inflorescences spicate, densely gray pubescent; bracts longer than calyx. Calyx campanulate-tubular, 1--1.1 cm, pubescent; lobes 5, unequal, triangular, short, apex acute. Corolla purple, to 1.4 cm, glabrous; tube shorter than galea, broadly expanded apically. Galea falcate; beak short, apex truncate; lower lip ca. as long as galea. 2 filaments pubescent, 2 glabrous; anthers apiculate.