Main axis of inflorescences 20--40 cm tall, not verrucose, internodes 2--4 cm; sterile branches (1--)2--3.5(--5.5) cm, usually 4--7 X scale length or more, patent, straight or curved, simple or shortly branched; bracts and first bractlet densely minutely hispid, hairs ca. 1 mm, rarely glabrous. Calyx 8.5--11 mm; tube ca. 1.3 mm in diam.

Rocky hills and slopes. Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Mongolia].