Herbs to 1 m tall, drying black. Roots single, somewhat fleshy, with a tuft of fibrous roots near top. Stems unbranched. Stem leaves usually numerous. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, pinnatipartite or pinnatifid. Inflorescences racemose. Corolla yellow or pale yellow; galea falcate, toothless, apex acute or obtuse, beakless; lower lip not spreading.

Three species: China, Russia (Siberia); all three in China.