| Habit | erect | caespitose |
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| Plant height (cm) | 20–35 | 8–20 |
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| Basal leaf length (cm) | 5–12 | 3–10 |
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| Basal leaf shape | ovate-lanceolate, acute | oblong to ovate, obtuse |
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| Cauline leaf size (mm) | 30–50 × 4–15 | 10–20 × 3–5 |
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| Cauline leaf shape | ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, sub auriculate or truncate at base | oblong to linear, attenuate at the base |
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| Setae size (mm) | 0.8–2 | 0.5–0.8 |
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| Gland size (mm) | 0.1 | 0.4–0.5 |
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| Corolla color | orange-pale yellow adaxially-abaxially | sulfur yellow (occasionally with purple spots adaxially), brown-purple abaxially |
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| Outside of corolla | glabrous | sparsely with short trichomes |
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| Inside of corolla | with short glands below the junction of the corolla lobes to the lower surface of the filament of two lower stamens | with short glands in the junction of the corolla lobes to the tube to the upper surface of the filament of two lower stamens |
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| Corolla length (mm) | 13–18 | 14–15 |
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| Pedicel length (mm) | 3–4 | 1–2 |
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| Calyx length (mm) in flower | 10–12 | 3–5 |
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| Bract shape | lanceolate | oblong to ovate |
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| Bract length (mm) | 12–21 | 5–10 |
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| Bract width (mm) | 4–6 | 2–5 |
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| Habitat | hilly regions at altitudes between 2500 and 2550 m | mountainous regions at altitudes between 1950 and 3500 m |
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