Stems usually branched basally and at middle; branches alternate or sometimes pseudo-opposite. Leaves alternate or proximal ones often ± opposite, ± elliptic, pinnatipartite. Inflorescences capitate or racemose, short. Calyx deeply cleft anteriorly, 3--5-lobed. Corolla tube longer than calyx, some 2 X longer, galea often crested, twisted laterally; beak slender.

Five species: China, N Myanmar; all five in China.