Perennial, c. 30.60 cm tall, with many branches from the base, pubescent. Leaves 3.6 cm x 8-30 mm, ovate-lanceolate, margin entire, acute, pubescent, particularly on nerves on both sides. Petiole 4-7 mm long, pubescent. Flowers clustered in the leaf axils. Pedicel 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 2 mm long, puberulous, teeth acute. Corolla c. 3.5-4.0 mm long, purple, lobes pubescent on the inner side. Corona lobes 5, rhomboidal, obtuse. Follicles 5-6 x c. 1 cm, tapering toward acuminate tip.

Fl. Per.: April to July.

Type: ‘In itinere ad Cashmere’, Royle (K).

Distribution: W. Pakistan (Hazara), Kashmir.