Herb to 30 cm tall; stem erect, glabrous to sparingly puberulous. Leaves ovate lanceolate, 2-3.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, apically acuminate, basally obtuse to rounded, glabrous, the cystoliths present but inconspicuous, the margins entire; petioles ca. 3 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescences in axillary cymes of 3 flowers each; peduncles to 4 cm long, sparingly puberulous; bracts subtending the cymes, leaflike, frequently exceeding the calyx; floral bracts oblong, unequal, the larger ones to 9 mm long, 1 mm wide, the shorter ones, 5 mm long, 1 mm wide, all apically obtuse or rounded and also apiculate, the margins ciliolate; bractlets lanceolate, 4 mm long, 1 mm wide, sparingly puberulous toward the apex; pedicles to 3 mm long, puberulous. Flowers with the corolla bright pink, 3 cm long, densely puberulous, the tube ca. 10 mm long, 1 mm broad basally, expanding to 3 mm broad at the mouth, the lips ca. 20 mm long; stamens exserted to about the tips of the lips, the filaments puberulous, the anther cells equal and parallel, 2 mm long, basally rounded and apiculate. Capsules not observed.
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