Stems glabrescent below, velutinous-tomentose above with stellatedendroid hairs. Basal leaves 10-20 x 5-8 cm with a petiole as long as lamina, lyrate to pinnatisect, segments dentate to crenate, ± glabrous above, white vinous below. Verticillasters 6-10-flowered, densely compact, all distant. Bracts small, 3-6 mm, adpressed to calyx, subulate. Calyx c. 14 mm, densely stellate-tomentose; teeth triangular-ovate with a c. 1.5 mm spine. Corolla c. 20 mm; upper lip c. 9 mm; lower lip longer than upper; tube pilose-annulate within.