Gleadovia kokonorica Keng; Mannagettaea ircutensis Popov.

Herbs 3-5 cm tall. Stems 1-1.5 cm. Leaves several, broadly ovate-triangular, 6-7 X 6-7 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Inflorescences corymbose; bract long ovate, 1.8-2.2 cm X 4-6 mm, margin densely tomentose, apex acuminate; bractlets 2, linear, adnate to upper part of pedicel or calyx base, 1.5-1.6 X 1-1.5 cm, usually 1-veined. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx tubular, 1.5-1.7 cm; lobes triangular, subequal, 3-5 X 2-4 mm, sometimes 2-lobed. Corolla purple, slightly curved, 2.2-2.5(-3) cm; tube densely villous at apex and adaxially; upper lip entire or 2-lobed, 5-8 mm; lower lip 3-lobed; lobes linear, 4-5 X 1-2 mm. Filaments 1-1.5 cm, densely tomentose on lower part; anthers ovoid, 1.6-1.8 mm, white pubescent, base mucronate. Ovary long ovoid, 6-7 X 3-4 mm. Style 8-10 mm, glabrescent. Capsule oblong or ovoid-globose, 8-10 X ca. 6 mm. Seeds numerous, oblong, ca. 0.15 mm; testa reticulate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

Parasitic on species of Caragana Fabricius and Salix Linnaeus.

Slopes, thickets or forests; 3200-3700 m. SW Gansu, SE Qinghai [Russia].