Semi-succulent, perennial herb or shrub, 0.2-0.5 m high, woody base; stems spreading-ascending, glabrous to puberulous. Leaves petiolate, softly fleshy, ovate to subrotund, glabrous to puberulous, base obtuse to truncate, apex obtuse to rounded, margins Sub-Entire to sparingly dentate. Inflorescence terminal raceme with compact spikes, much branched; bracts lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, acute or acuminate, overlapping except in bud stage. Flowers white to pinkish with reddish purple markings. Calyx elongate and becoming truncate at maturity. Corolla bilabiate; tube curved near base. Stamens 4, didynamous, attached in corolla mouth. Flowering time July-May.