Herbs perennial, to 10 cm tall, drying ± black. Stems ca. 1 cm tall or ± absent. Basal and stem leaves densely clustered; petiole 1--3 cm, slender, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic-oblong to oblong, ca. 3 cm, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, pinnatisect; segments 5--9 pairs, ovate, pinnatifid or coarsely serrate. Pedicel 1--1.5 cm. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, ca. 1.8 cm, 2/3 cleft anteriorly, densely white villous with multicellular hairs; lobes 5, unequal, leaflike, posterior one smaller than lateral lobes. Corolla red, obscure, 6--7 cm; tube erect, 4--5 cm, villous with multicellular hairs; galea nearly falcate, very enlarged; beak incurved, 5--6 mm; lower lip 1.2--1.4 X 3--3.5 cm, middle lobe smaller than lateral pair. Filaments pubescent. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 1--1.5 cm. Fl. Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.

* Moist meadows on mountain slopes; 3500--3600 m. NW Yunnan.