Ser. Talienses H. L. Li.

Stems branched basally or unbranched, not drying black. Leaves mostly on stem, alternate, long petiolate; leaf blade often ovate or elliptic, large, pinnatifid to pinnatisect; segments few. Inflorescences laxly racemose or axillary. Calyx deeply to shallowly cleft anteriorly, (2--)5-lobed. Corolla tube ca. as long as to 2 X as long as calyx; beak of galea slender.