Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole inconspicuous to nearly as long as leaf blade, narrowly winged; leaf blade obovate to oblong-obovate, 2.5--9(--13) X 1--2.5 cm, abaxially sparsely minutely glandular, base attenuate, margin erose-denticulate, apex rounded to obtuse. Scapes 10--16 cm, cream-white farinose toward apex; umbels 12--16-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 6--7 mm, base slightly gibbous, apex subobtuse. Pedicel 5--10 mm, cream-white farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx campanulate, 6--7.5 mm, densely minutely glandular, parted to middle; tube white farinose; lobes oblong to obovate-oblong, apex obtuse. Corolla rose-purple; tube 6.5--8 mm; limb 1.5--2 cm wide; lobes obovate, 6.5--9 mm, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens at middle of corolla tube; style reaching mouth. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule unknown. Fl. May.
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