Ascending herb with stems to 70 cm long, with loosely, not appressed hairs. Leaves sessile, stem-clasping, elliptic to oblong, dentate; lamina 25-75 mm long, 15-35 mm wide. Flowers in loose racemes to 24 cm long; bracts leaf-like but smaller; bracteoles elliptic, 8-14 mm long. Sepals broadly ovate, to 0.5 mm long, basally connate. Corolla 15-27 mm long, with loose hairs outside, densely bearded inside, blue; barbulae papillate apically; wings 1-2.5 mm wide. Ovary 2-locular; indusium 2-3 mm long, pale brown beard exceeding bristles on lips. Fruit obovoid, 2.5-4 mm long, smooth, pubescent.