Perennial herbs, 40-60 cm high, tomentose. Basal leaves long petioled, oblanceolate, attenuate, 9-12 cm long; cauline leaves sessile, ovate to ovate-elliptic, acute, 2.5-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm, prominently veined beneath with long spreading hairs. Flowers in compact cymes, 5-6 cm long. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 14-16 x 1-2 mm. Outer sepals ovate-oblong, hirsute, acute, acuminate; inner sepals linear-oblong, acuminate. Corolla 18-25 mm long, white to light pink, with thick bands of hairs outside. Stamens of different lengths; filaments glabrous. Ovary and styles glabrous; styles, slender. Capsule about 6 mm long, glabrous.