Shrubs to 45 cm tall. Stems basally unbranched, suberect, apically ascending, whitish sericeous. Petiole 2-5(-7) mm, pilose; leaf blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, ca. 2.5 × 1 cm, papery, both surfaces pilose, base narrowly cuneate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, apex ± obtuse. Spikes axillary, ca. 1 cm, usually 3-5-flowered; bracts surrounded by leaves, circular-spatulate to obovate, 5-10 mm; bracteoles linear to oblanceolate. Pedicel short. Calyx light grayish green, ca. 5 mm, 5-lobed to base; lobes linear-lanceolate, midvein pale whitish yellow, apex acuminate. Corolla light whitish yellow, ca. 8 mm, outside minutely pilose; lower lip broad, 3-lobed with center one larger; upper lip triangular, 2-lobed. Stamens inserted at apical part of corolla tube, pilose around insertion; anther thecae superposed, lower one with a white spur at base. Capsule glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds verrucose. Fl. Sep.
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