It is found in Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China, growing on mountain slopes under Pinus forests or on open mountainsides, at around 1900 meters above sea level.
It is a perennial herb or subshrub, 5-10 cm tall, with cylindrical stems covered in short soft hairs and circular leaf scars and pores. Its leaves are alternate, thick and papery, elliptic to obovate or spoon-shaped, 1-1.5 cm long and 5-8 mm wide, with blunt tips and short pointed bases. The upper surface is slightly concave with raised veins, while the lower surface is rough and hairless, with 2-3 visible veins. Leaf margins are entire, green with dense white short stiff hairs near the edge.
It flowers from July to September.
The inflorescence is terminal, racemose, with few flowers. Flowers are large, 18 mm long, on pedicels about 6 mm long, covered in short soft hairs. The calyx has 5 unequal sepals, one of which is hood-shaped and about 6 mm long, while the other two are elongated oval, approximately 4 mm long. The inner sepals are petaloid, elliptic-oblong, about 14 mm long and 6 mm wide, with 3-5 veins. Petals are 3, white or pale green-white, with lateral petals oblong, about 15 mm long, fused with the keel petal for about 2/3 of its length, and ending in 4 finger-like appendages.