Stems erect, usually simple,10–30 cm. Herbage glandular-puberulent. Leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, entire, 2–4 cm long. Inflorescence bracts light green, lanceolate with a pair of linear lobes, glandular. Flowers: calyx 5–8 mm long, lobes 2–4 mm long, those adjacent to the galea longer; corolla 10–15 mm long, yellow, galea 3–5 mm long, upper lip hooked and projecting beyond the lower lip. Capsule 3–5 mm long
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).