Herbs perennial, drying black. Stems usually several together, erect, ascending to decumbent or procumbent, densely pubescent. Basal leaves numerous; petiole to 9 cm, slightly puberulent to villous; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 6--11 X 2--3 cm, pinnatisect; segments 11--15 pairs, ovate to ovate-oblong, margin double dentate. Stem leaves alternate or often ± opposite, similar to basal leaves but smaller. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, pubescent. Calyx narrowly campanulate, ca. 8 mm, subglabrous or slightly villous; lobes 5, ± equal, entire to serrate. Corolla purple; tube erect, slender, to 3--4.5 cm, slightly pubescent; galea erect, obtusely curved; beak cylindric, to 7 mm; lower lip deeply lobed, lobes rounded, margin glabrous. Filaments glabrous. Capsule obliquely long ovoid, ca. 1.3 cm, apiculate. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Jul--Sep.

* Damp places in forests, thickets; 2300--3200 m. W and WC Sichuan