Perennials, stemless. Rhizome internodes inconspicuous. Leaves basal, opposite; petiole 1.2-5.2 X 0.5-1 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 8.5-14 X 3.8-7 cm, papery, densely appressed puberulent, eglandular, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex acute to obtuse; lateral veins 6 or 7 on each side of midrib, slightly conspicuous. Cymes 8-15-flowered; peduncle 10-12 cm, densely spreading glandular puberulent; bracts 2, free, lanceolate-linear, 6-8 X ca. 1 mm, puberulent, margin entire, apex acute. Pedicel 1.5-20 mm, densely glandular puberulent. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments equal, narrowly triangular to narrowly lanceolate-linear, ca. 4.8 X 0.6-0.9 mm, outside puberulent, inside apically sparsely puberulent, margin entire, apex acute. Corolla purple, ca. 2.1 cm, outside sparsely puberulent, inside adaxial lip puberulent basally; tube funnelform-tubular, ca. 1.2 cm X 4-6 mm; adaxial lip ca. 2.5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 8.5 mm. Filaments ca. 7 mm, sparsely glandular; anthers fused by entire adaxial surfaces, ca. 2 mm, glabrous; staminodes 2, ca. 3 mm. Pistil ca. 1.2 cm, densely puberulent and glandular puberulent; ovary ca. 7.5 mm. Stigma obtrapezoid, ca. 1.5 mm, undivided. Fruit and seeds unknown. Fl. Jun.

After publication of the family treatment for the Flora of China, this was treated as Primulina floribunda (W. T. Wang) Mich. Möller & A. Weber (Taxon 60: 782. 2011).

* Known only from cultivation. Cultivated in the Medicinal Botanic Garden of Nanning, Guangxi; possibly introduced from Jinxiou Xian, Guangxi.