Stems erect or spreading, branched basally or unbranched. Leaves basal and on stem. Basal leaves long petiolate, linear-oblong, pinnatisect. Stem leaves few, alternate. Inflorescences slightly capitate or racemose. Calyx lobes 5. Corolla purple, rose, or crimson, to 2.8 cm; tube ca. as long as calyx; galea bent at a right angle apically; beak semicircular or S-shaped, very long, slender.

Two species: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan; both species in China.