Herbs perennial, to 15 cm tall, drying dark brown. Stems usually several, densely tufted, outer stems usually procumbent to ascending, longer than central stem. Leaves basal and on stem; petiole 1--3(--6) cm, ± long pubescent; leaf blade linear to lanceolate-oblong, 2--7 X ca. 1.8 cm, glabrous except finely pubescent along midvein on adaxially, usually pinnatipartite; segments 6--9 pairs, triangular to triangular-ovate, margin double dentate. Stem leaves sometimes pseudo-opposite. Flowers axillary. Pedicel short. Calyx more than 2 cm, densely long pubescent, ca. 1/2 cleft anteriorly; lobes 2, shallowly pinnatifid. Corolla rose-pink; tube to 12 cm, sparsely pubescent; galea slightly twisted, densely pubescent at middle, prominently crested in front; beak curved below; lower lip to 2.8 cm wide, long ciliate, rounded. Filaments densely pubescent. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
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