Herbs perennial, 2--6 cm tall, densely pubescent, drying black. Stems ascending. Leaves alternate; petiole 1--2 cm; leaf blade narrowly oblong, 2--3 cm X ca. 5 mm, pinnatifid; segments 8--10 pairs, ovate, crenate-dentate. Inflorescences dense. Pedicel 4--9 mm. Calyx ca. 1 cm X 4.5 mm, pubescent; lobes 5, equal, oblong, serrate. Corolla tube not exceeding calyx; galea falcate, ca. 1.2 cm; beak barely 4 mm, apex pointing downward, 2-cleft; lower lip 1.5--1.6 cm wide, lobes rounded, ± equal. Filaments long pubescent. Capsule obliquely oblong, ca. 1.8 cm X 5 mm, short apiculate. Seeds ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug--Sep.

About 5300 m. S and SE Xizang [Sikkim].