Herbs to 30 cm tall, erect or spreading. Stems 4-angled, subglabrous. Leaves sessile to subsessile; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2 × 0.7-1 cm, both surfaces pubescent, base truncate to subcordate, margin entire, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Spikes globose to ovoid, to 1 cm; bracts oblong-lanceolate. Corolla to 6 mm, outside pubescent. Stamens included in corolla tube; thecae ca. 1 mm, pilose at tip. Ovary oblong; style sparingly hirsute. Capsule ca. 4 mm. Seeds subcircular in outline.