Erect perennial herb Closer to P. bracteosa and P. spectabilis but distinct in its oblong-lanceolate up to 30 cm long leaves with cordate base, densely white woolly beneath; flowers large, pale purple to pink in dense whorls, calyx with long spine-tipped lobes, white woolly; corolla 2.5-3 cm long, upper lip large, hooded, lowers lip darker; bracts awl-shaped.
Photographed from Upper Munda near Jawahar Tunnel in Kashmir on June 20, 2011
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