Roots ropelike. Stems ± erect, 20-50 cm tall, simple, glabrous or short pilose basally, retrorse villous or stellate hairy at apex. Petiole of basal leaves longer than blade, those of floral leaves shorter; basal leaf blade ovate, 13-15 × 10 cm; upper leaf blades ca. 10 × 3-4 cm, ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, sparsely hairy, much longer than verticillasters, margin crenate or entire. Verticillasters many, separate basally, contiguous at apex; bracts narrowly linear, 0.9-1.1 cm, spreading long hairy. Calyx campanulate, pubescent with long hairs; teeth ovate, with spines 2-3 mm. Corolla reddish, ca. 2 × as long as calyx, simple and stellate hairy with unequal arms, glabrous inside; upper lip irregularly dentate, bearded inside on margin; lower lip with oblate middle lobe, lateral lobes oblong-orbicular. Filaments included, with short, spurred appendages at base. Nutlets apex hairy.

Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia].