Herbs perennial, ca. 15 cm tall, drying black. Stems usually 3--5 together, scarcely 1 cm, or plants stemless. Leaves nearly all basal, numerous; petiole 5--7 cm, sparsely villous; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 10--14 cm, abaxially white tomentose along veins, adaxially subglabrous, pinnatisect; segments 12--15 pairs, oblong, margin double dentate. Flowers nearly all basal. Pedicel 2--3 cm, slender. Calyx cylindric, ca. 2 cm, cleft anteriorly to 1/3 of tube; lobes 5, distinctly unequal. Corolla pink, ca. 4 cm; tube ca. 2.2 cm, slightly expanded apically; galea slightly falcate; beak 2--3 mm, slender; lower lip ca. 1.8 X 2--2.5 cm, ciliate. Filaments glabrous. Capsule completely enclosed by calyx, obliquely narrowly ovoid, ca. 2 cm, short mucronate. Fl. Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.
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