Shrubs 1-3 m tall, ± decumbent, hairy throughout. Branches densely hirsute with retrorse rust-colored hairs. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, 4.5-8.5 × 2-4 cm, papery, hirsute, densely so abaxially, adaxially finely bullate, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin mucronate-crenulate, apex acuminate. Verticillasters few flowered, densely rust colored hirsute, in dense capitate inflorescences on branches; floral leaves short petiolate, ovate, 2-3 cm; bracteoles 2-3 mm. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Calyx 6-9 mm, teeth subulate-triangular to triangular, ca. 3 mm. Corolla yellow or red, ca. 2.5-2.8 cm, pubescent, tube slender, ca. 2.3 cm; upper lip erect, oblong, apex rounded or emarginate; lobes of lower lip ovate, subequal. Fl. Nov-Feb.
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