Perennials, stemless. Rhizome internodes inconspicuous. Leaves basal, opposite; petiole 2-4.5 cm X 3-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly obovate, (1.8-)8-10 X (1.4-)5-7.4 cm, papery, adaxially puberulent near margin, eglandular, abaxially sparsely puberulent, base oblique, broadly cuneate, margin crenate to repand, apex obtuse to rounded; lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib, inconspicuous. Cymes ca. 7-flowered; peduncle 8.5-9.8 cm, villous and glandular puberulent; bracts 3, free, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 0.9-1.3 cm X 3-7.5 mm, ciliate, margin entire, apex acute. Pedicel 0.8-1.6 cm, glandular puberulent. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments equal, linear-lanceolate, 7-10 X 1-1.5 mm, outside puberulent, inside glabrous, margin entire, apex attenuate. Corolla blue, 3.6-4 cm, outside sparsely puberulent, inside puberulent on adaxial lip; tube narrowly funnelform, ca. 2.5 X 0.9-1.1 cm; adaxial lip ca. 7 mm; abaxial lip ca. 1.4 cm. Filaments ca. 1.3 cm, glandular puberulent near apex; anthers fused by entire adaxial surfaces, ca. 3.2 mm, glabrous; staminodes 3, central ca. 0.5 mm, laterals ca. 3.2 mm. Pistil ca. 2.5 cm, densely puberulent; ovary ca. 1.5 cm. Stigma cuneate, ca. 2 mm, 2-lobed. Fruit and seeds unknown. Fl. Jun.

After publication of the family treatment for the Flora of China, this was treated as Primulina tribracteata (W. T. Wang) Mich. Möller & A. Weber (Taxon 60: 785. 2011).

* Near caves in limestone hills. NW Guangxi (Fengshan Xian).