Shrubs, erect, to 30 cm tall; stems terete, densely puberulent to pilosulous. Leaves subsessile to petiolate; petiole to 2 mm, densely puberulent to pilosulous; blade drying papery, subelliptic, broadly elliptic, or ovate, 1-2.5 × 0.8-1.5 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely puberulent at least along midrib, base obtuse to cuneate, margins sometimes thinly revolute when dry, apex obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate; secondary veins ca. 3 pairs but indistinct; stipules fused to petiole bases, triangular or ovate, ca. 0.5 mm, puberulent to pilosulous, with 3 short narrow lobes. Inflorescences terminal and also in axils of uppermost leaves, capitate or 2-flowered, sessile. Flowers sessile. Calyx sparsely puberulent; hypanthium portion ovoid, ca. 2 mm; limb lobed nearly to base; lobes 5, narrowly lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm. Corolla blue or white, funnelform, outside glabrous; tube ca. 8 mm, bearded in throat; lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4 mm. Anthers 5, included, ca. 1.8 mm. Stigmas not seen. Fruit not seen. Fl. May-Jun.
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