Much-branched, erect shrub 1-1.5 m tall. Leaves ascending or spreading, ovate to elliptic to oblanceolate, 5.7-9.6 cm long, 6-10 mm wide, thin, glabrous, narrowing to a ±petiolate base; apex conical; midvein and 2 lateral veins ±prominent. Inflorescence a panicle of interrupted spikes; peduncle 8-12 cm long, glabrous or with short, scattered hairs; bracteoles deltoid, 2.5-3 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide; base and sides woolly; apex acute to acuminate, glabrous or with short scattered hairs ±velutinous. Perianth white-woolly; tube 3.5-4 mm long; upper lip rotund, 1.5-2 mm long, 1.75-2 mm wide; white-tomentose, woolly at base; apex acute; lower lip united for 0.75-1 mm; lobes narrowly oblong to oblong, 0.5-0.75 mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide. Mature fruit not seen.
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