Stems usually many branched at base. Leaves basal and on stem, alternate, sometimes proximal ones ± opposite, long petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, pinnatisect or pinnatipartite. Inflorescences short spicate, capitate, or racemose, few flowered. Calyx deeply cleft anteriorly, 2--5-lobed. Corolla purple or yellowish white; tube less than 2 X as long as calyx; galea purple, strongly twisted laterally, commonly with 1 or 2 reflexed marginal teeth; beak slender.

Seven species.