Herbs 10-20 cm tall, decumbent, not conspicuously woody, isophyllous. Stems 4-angled, sulcate, glabrous or 2-fariously pubescent. Petiole 3-15 mm; leaf blade broadly ovate to subcircular, 1-4(-6) × 0.65-2.5(-3) cm, 1.6-2 × as long as wide, sparsely pubescent especially along midvein, secondary veins 3-5 on each side of midvein, base abruptly rounded to truncate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire or shallowly sinuate, apex acute to acuminate. Spikes elongate, 1.2-2 cm, secund; bracts lanceolate, 3-5 × 1-1.4 mm, abaxially and marginally pubescent with gland-tipped trichomes (glands sometimes restricted to distal portion of margin), 1(or 3)-veined, apex aristate; bracteoles similar to bracts or smaller. Calyx ca. 6 mm, pubescent with gland-tipped and non-glandular trichomes; posterior lobe oblong-lanceolate, ca. 6.2 × 1.1 mm, 3-veined; lateral lobes lanceolate, ca. 5.8 × 0.7 mm; anterior lobes connate at base for ca. 50% of their length, distinct segments lanceolate and ca. 3.2 mm. Corolla white, ca. 8 mm, outside pubescent; lower lip ca. 3 mm, lobes ca. 2 × 2 mm. Capsule ca. 5 mm, distally pubescent. Seeds not seen. Fl. and fr. Sep.
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