Monocarpic herb or suffrutex to 1.6 m tall; immature stems with dense short eglandular trichomes on all sides, mature stems pubescent on all sides. Leaves ovate, (17-)24-44(-61) x (8-)12-22(-30) mm; with sparse, short, eglandular trichomes, acute; base round to cuneate; lateral veins 3 to 5, sometimes 6. Petiole (2-)3.5-9.7(-15) mm long, hairy with short, eglandular trichomes. Inflorescence predominantly terminal, not interrupted; flowers 2 at a node; terminal inflorescence (6.5-)20-64(-102) x (5.5-)7.1-14(-26) mm; leaf below inflorescence ovate, (4.5-)7.3-15(-23) x (2.2-)3.3-8(-13) mm; bracts with sparse short and long eglandular trichomes and sparse to very dense short-stalked glandular trichomes on the outer surface and sparse short and sparse to dense long eglandular trichomes and sparse short-stalked glandular trichomes in the margins; bracts at base of inflorescence elliptic, ovate to obovate (5.5-)7-10(-12) x (1.5-)2.5-4(-4.6) mm; bracts next to open flower elliptic, ovate to obovate, (5.5-)6.4-9 (-12) x (1.5-)2.1-3.2(-4) mm long; lateral inflorescence (7-)12-33 (-45) x (4-)5-11(-20) mm; leaf below inflorescence ovate, (5-) 5.2-10.4(-15.2) x (3.0-)3.1-6.2(-8.4) mm; bract at base of inflorescence narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, (2.5-)5.3-8(-9) x (1.3-)5(-8.5) mm; bracts next to open flower narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, (0.6-)3.1-7.7(-8) x (0.6-)1.3-3(-3.4) mm. Sepals linear, (2.5-)6.3-8.7(-10) x (0.3-)0.5-1.2(-2.5) mm at anthesis; (7.5-)8.5-10(-11) x (0.4-)0.6-1.1(-1.5) mm at fruiting, outer surface with sparse short and long eglandular and dense short-stalked glandular trichomes, margins with rare or sparse eglandular trichomes and sparse to dense short-stalked glandular trichomes on the margins. Corolla tube (3-)4.2-6.2(-8) x (2-)2.5-3.5(-4.2) mm; upper lip (4.5-)5.1-6.7(-8) x (3.5-)4.5-6.2(-6.5) mm; lower lip (4.5-)5.1-6.7(-7.6) x (5-)5.4-7.1(-8.5) mm; ridges on palate 5 to 8, usually 6 to 7. Pollen grains ±38 µm diam. Capsule (8.5-)9.6-12(-13) x (2.1-)3.3(-3.5) mm. Seeds (2-)2.3-3(-3.5) x (1.5-)1.6-2.1(-2.3) mm.
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