Perennial semi-succulent herb or sub-shrub, 0.2-0.5 m tall; branches spreading-ascending, minutely pubescent. Leaves softly fleshy, petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 15-35(-40) x 10-22(-28) mm, shortly and stiffly pubescent beneath, sparingly pubescent above, apex obtuse, base obtuse to truncate, margin crenulate-sinuate, often tinged with reddish purple. Inflorescence usually branched; bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 2-2.5 x 0.5-1 mm, acute, not overlapping except in the bud stage. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering, increasing to 3 mm long. Corolla white to pinkish mauve with reddish purple markings on the upper lip, 7-11 mm long; tube straight or nearly so.
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