Herbs, perennial, densely white lanose-villous. Rhizomes present. Stems simple or branched. Basal leaves rosulate, petiolate; leaf blade white woolly to subglabrous, margin toothed, lobed, or entire. Stem leaves similar to basal leaves, gradually decreasing in size and bracteate above. Flowers in somewhat secund racemes apically on stem. Bracteoles 2, linear. Calyx lobes 5, each lobe 3-parted; lobules linear, unequal. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary 2-loculed. Capsule oblong. Seeds numerous.

Two species: endemic to China.