Herbs slightly drying black or not. Stems usually branched. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect. Inflorescences long spicate, interrupted basally; bracts usually narrow and serrate or pinnatifid. Calyx lobes 5, unequal or sometimes ± equal, ± serrate. Corolla tube erect; galea bent apically; beak long, coiled or twisted apically.