Fl. Per.: June: August.

Type: Nepal, Wallich 624 (G-DC; isotypes G, K, E).

Distribution: Himalaya from Swat eastward to Kashmir, Assam, S. Tibet.

The type variety differs from var. cashmeriana in the weaker ± habit, the often broader (ovate to elliptic) leaves and the blunt calyx lobes. The plants are often glandular sticky. Found up to 2800 m.