多年生草本,具根状茎,稀为一年生草本。花序不与叶柄合生。花萼5裂达基部,稀5深裂。花药以整个腹面连着。柱头小。
唇柱苣苔组——Sect. Gibbosaccus Clarke in A. DC. Monogr. Phan. 5: 130. 1883; Wood in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33 (1) : 130. 1974; W. T. Wang in Bull. Bot. Res. 5 (3) : 37. 1955. ——Roettlera sect. Gibbosaccus (Clarke) Fritsch in Engler u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4 (3B) : 148. 1895. ——Deltocheilos W. T. Wang in Bull. Bot. Res. 1 (3) : 39. 1981, syn. nov.
多痕唇柱苣苔亚组 Subsect. Cicatricosae W. T. Wang
唇柱苣苔亚组 Subsect. Sinenses W. T. Wang
刺齿唇柱苣苔亚组 Subsect. Spinulosae W. T. Wang
牛耳朵 C. eburnea
蚂蝗七 C. fimbrisepala
肥牛草 C. hedyotidea
唇柱苣苔 C. sinensis