Herbs perennial, 10--20 cm tall, drying black. Roots conical, fleshy, to 12 cm. Stems usually numerous, procumbent or ascending. Basal leaves laxly cespitose; petiole to 7 cm, broadly winged, densely pubescent; leaf blade ovate to ovate-oblong, 4--7 X 1--3 cm, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 7--12 pairs, ovate to rounded, dentate. Stem leaves few. Inflorescences corymbiform, 5--8-flowered; bracts leaflike. Calyx oblong, 18--20 cm, pilose, 1/2 cleft anteriorly; lobes 3, unequal. Corolla yellow with red beak, 4--5 cm; tube erect, slightly longer than calyx; galea slightly falcate, ± twisted; beak bent downward, 3--4 mm, 2-cleft; lower lip usually enveloping galea, ciliate, middle lobe emarginate. Anterior filaments densely pubescent. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.

* Open rocky slopes, open forests; ca. 3400 m. E Xizang.