Annuals, 10-40 cm tall, stout, hirsute with both capitate glandular and eglandular hairs, stalks of glandular hairs 2-4 loculed. Stems often stout, usually branched at middle and apically. Leaves oblong to ovate, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, sometimes attenuate into a short petiole, margin with 3-6 obtuse, acute, or acuminate teeth on each side. Spikes with numerous flowers; bracts leaflike, conspicuously larger than leaves. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 3-4 mm; lobes subulate. Corolla often white, galea sometimes pale purple, upper side 0.8-1.2 cm; lower lip conspicuously longer than galea; galea apex conspicuously notched. Capsule oblong, ca. 4 mm, emarginate. Fl. Jun-Aug.

Steppes. NW Heilongjiang, N Nei Mongol [Russia (Far East)].