Herbs perennial, pubescent on stems and leaves. Roots fibrous. Sterile stems 8-20 cm; leaves alternate, obovate, 4.5-5.5 × ca. 2.6 mm, base enlarged and spurred, apex obtuse. Flowering stems simple, erect, 5-16 cm, villous. Leaves alternate; leaf blade obovate-oblong, 8-15 × 3-5 mm, hairy, base slightly narrowed and spurred, margin ciliate, apex obtuse. Cyme corymbiform, lax, 3.5-6 × 4-8 cm; bracts ovate-linear, 3-4 × 1.5-1.8 mm, spurred. Flowers unequally 5-merous; pedicel 1-1.5 mm. Sepals ovate, 2.3-2.5 × 1.3-1.5 mm, base spurless. Petals yellow, ovate, 4.8-5 × 1.7-2 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 10, 3-4 mm. Nectar scales quadrangular-spatulate, 0.3-0.5 mm. Carpels 1.8-2 mm, base connate. Styles 1.5-2 mm. Follicles divergent, many seeded. Fl. Aug.

* Rocks in valleys, trailsides; 2600-3000 m. W Sichuan (Kangding Xian).