Herbaceous perennial to 30 cm tall; sparingly branched; foliage resinous dotted and finely and densely silky-ciliate and pilose; basal and lower stem leaves pinnately lobed or pinnate; terminal lobe relatively large and coarsely toothed; other leaves ovate to cordate-triangular and variously toothed; flowers short-pedicelled - in axils of leaves, two per node; calyx 2-lipped, divided to near the middle, upper lip three-lobed with the middle lobe triangular and shorter and broader than the lance-linear outer lobes, lower lip with two lance-linear lobes; corolla 35-45 mm long, three times as long as the calyx, pilose, 2-lipped with the nonventricose tube slender but gradually dilated at the spreading lobes, pale lavender or pinkish with red dots in throat; lower corolla lip 3-lobed, noticeably longer than upper lip; stigma lobes unequal and subulate, well-exserted and surpassing stamens. Flowers March and April.