The plant is 20–45 cm tall. The stems are numerous, branched, less often simple, ascending, small iron, in the lower part dark purple.
Leaves are oblong-ovate, 30–50 mm long and 5–15 mm wide, pinnately dissected to or almost to the central vein into lanceolate, usually dentate lobes, scattered-small-iron, petioles 5–15 mm long.
Flowers are collected in long racemose inflorescences . The axes of inflorescences, narrow linear bracts and pedicels are densely irony. Calyx 2-3 mm long, its lobes rounded ovate, filmy filigree. Corolla dark purple, 5-6 mm long. Stamens with ferruginous filaments and dark purple anthers do not protrude from the corolla. It blooms in May - July.
The box is round-ovate, brown, 3-4 mm long [2] .
It grows in the steppes, on open rocky slopes, rocks, sandy places, along the shores of salt lakes, on salt marshes [2] . It is found only in the Republic of Khakassia and in the Krasnoyarsk Territory . Only a few locations are known [3] . It is an endemic of Siberia. Form small populations with a small number of individuals [4] .
The plant is included in the Red Books of the Republic of Khakassia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In the Red Book of Khakassia it has the status 2 - a species that is declining in number. The main threat is steppe fires and cattle grazing. Habitats of the species are included in the Khakassky reserve and the Iyussky reserve [3] .