Plants not gray pubescent throughout. Roots slender, less than 4 mm in diam. Basal leaves 2.5--4 cm; segments lanceolate to oblong. Inflorescence axis, bracts, and calyx without deep purple hairs. Corolla 1.7--1.9 cm; galea 5--6 mm.

Moist alpine meadows, forests; 3400--5500 m. SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kashmir]