Herbs perennial, 15--25 cm tall, drying black. Roots fleshy. Stems usually single, puberulent. Basal leaves few; petiole 1--2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate-linear to lanceolate-oblong, 2.5--9 X 0.4--2 cm, abaxially pubescent along veins, adaxially puberulent, pinnatisect; segments 10--18 pairs, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, margin double dentate. Stem leaves few or absent, alternate or sometimes pseudo-opposite. Inflorescences centrifugal, 7--18 cm; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 1--3 mm. Calyx tubular, ca. 1.1 cm, ca. 1/4 cleft anteriorly, pubescent; lobes 5, equal or slightly unequal, dentate. Corolla purplish red, ca. 3.2 cm; tube erect basally, ± bent at a right angle apically, ca. 1.8 cm; galea erect; beak 1.6--1.8 cm, S-curved; lower lip shorter than galea, glabrous. Filaments pubescent. Capsule narrowly triangular-ovoid, 1.4--1.7 cm. Fl. May--Sep, fr. Sep--Oct.
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