Herbs ca. 30 cm tall. Stems single, branched apically, densely pubescent. Leaves ± sessile, linear-oblong, ca. 4 X 1.2 cm, ± fleshy, abaxially densely villous, adaxially tomentose, base rounded or subcordate, pinnatilobate; segments rounded, 10-crenate on each side, apex acute. Inflorescences spicate, 3.5--5 cm; bracts leaflike, ca. 1.5 cm X 4--6 mm, densely pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers ± dense. Calyx cylindric, densely pubescent, deeply cleft anteriorly; lobes 2, flabellate, serrate. Corolla rose, ca. 3 cm, glabrous; tube erect, ca. 1.8 cm; galea falcate apically, ca. 1.2 cm; beak conical, barely 1 mm, apex truncate; lower lip ca. as long as galea, glabrous. Filaments sparsely long pubescent. Capsule obliquely lanceolate, ca. 1.3 cm X 4.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Oct.
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