Perennials, stemless. Rhizome internodes inconspicuous. Leaves basal, opposite; petiole 0.2-2.8 cm X 2-3 mm; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ovate, 2.2-6.5 X 1.4-5 cm, papery, appressed puberulent, eglandular, base oblique, broadly cuneate to truncate, margin obtusely dentate to crenate, apex acute to rounded; lateral veins ca. 3 on each side of midrib, inconspicuous. Cymes (1-)4-6-flowered; peduncle 3-9 cm, sparsely puberulent; bracts 2, free, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, leaflike, 1.7-2.3 X 0.8-1.1 cm, strigose, margin remotely denticulate, apex acute. Pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent and glandular puberulent. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments equal, narrowly lanceolate-linear, 9-15 X 1.1-1.8 mm, outside densely puberulent, inside apically puberulent, margin entire, apex subulate-acuminate. Corolla purple, ca. 4 cm, outside puberulent, inside puberulent basally; tube funnelform-tubular, ca. 2.7 X 1 cm; adaxial lip ca. 1.1 cm; abaxial lip ca. 1.3 cm. Filaments ca. 1.2 cm, apically sparsely glandular puberulent; anthers fused by entire adaxial surfaces, ca. 3.5 mm, glabrous; staminodes 2, ca. 5 mm. Pistil ca. 3 cm, puberulent; ovary ca. 1 cm. Stigma ligulate, ca. 2 mm, undivided. Fruit and seeds unknown. Fl. Jun.

After publication of the family treatment for the Flora of China, this was treated as Primulina subulatisepala (W. T. Wang) Mich. Möller & A. Weber (Taxon 60: 785. 2011).

* Shaded rocky cliffs; ca. 800 m. SW Hubei (Xianfeng Xian), SE Sichuan (Qianjiang Xian).