Herb to suffrutex, 10-38 cm tall. Stem bifariously hairy. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, (3.5-)14-33(-37) x (5-)9-20(-24) mm, acute; base rounded and attenuate; upper surface dark, with scattered eglandular trichomes; lower surface lighter, with eglandular trichomes along prominent midrib and veins and scattered on surface; lateral veins 3 to 4. Petiole (2.5-)4-8(-10) mm long, dense with patent eglandular trichomes. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, short and compact after the first node; flowers 2 at a node; terminal inflorescence (8.5-)9.1-24(-38) x (3-)3.9-8.1(-12) mm; leaf below inflorescence elliptic, (2.2-)3.4-6.2(-7) x (2.5-)3-4.4(-5) mm; bracts with rare short eglandular trichomes and dense short-stalked glandular trichomes on the outer surface and sparse short eglandular trichomes on the margins; bracts at base of inflorescence obovate to elliptic, (1.5-)2.3-3.9 (-4.3) x (0.2-)0.4-1.4(-2) mm, acute to acuminate, base rounded to cuneate; bracts next to open flower broadly lanceolate, (1.5-)2.5-4.7(-6) x (0.4-)0.6-1.4(-1.8) mm, acute, base cuneate; lateral inflorescence (4.5-)6.7-16.7(-20) x (3-)3.6-5.9(-6.5) mm; leaf below inflorescence ovate to elliptic, (2.5-)2.6-6.3(-7.5) x (2-)2.4-3.7(-4) mm, acute; bract at base of inflorescence obovate to elliptic, (1.5-)2.6-3.1(-3.2) x (0.5-)0.6-1.2(-1.2) mm, base cuneate; bracts next to open flower broadly lanceolate, (1.9-)2.2-3.2(-3.5) x (0.5-)0.6-0.8 (-0.8) mm. Sepals linear, (3.6-)4.5-6.4(-7) x (0.3-)0.5-0.8(-1) mm at anthesis; (3.1-)4.5-8.5(-9) x (0.3-)0.5-0.9(-1) mm at fruiting, outer surface with rare short eglandular trichomes and dense short-stalked glandular trichomes, margins with sparse short eglandular and short-stalked glandular trichomes on the margins. Corolla tube (3.5-) 4-5.3(-6) x (1.5-)1.7-2.4(-2.7) mm; upper lip (4-)4.6-5.9(-7) x (3-)3.2-4 mm; lower lip (4-)4.4-6(-7.5) x 4-5.7(-6.5) mm; ridges on palate 5 to 7, usually 6. Pollen grains 33.62 µm diam. Capsule (6-)6.1-7.8(-8.9) x (1.1-)1.5-2.5(-2.8) mm. Seeds (1.3-)1.4-2.2 (-2.5) x (1.2-)1.3-1.7(-2) mm.
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