Subshrubs. Stems at least 20 cm, glabrous. Petiole 2-3.5 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, 1.2-2.4 cm X 4-7 mm, leathery, glabrous, base narrowly cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute to subtruncate; lateral veins 3-5 on each side of midrib, inconspicuous. Cymes 1-or 2-flowered; peduncle 2-6 cm, glabrous; bracts orbicular-ovate, ca. 4 X 4 mm. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments 6-9.5 mm, glabrous. Corolla purple, 2-2.6 cm, glabrous; tube slender funnelform, 1.3-1.7 cm X ca. 5 mm; adaxial lip ca. 3.5 mm; abaxial lip 7-9 mm. Stamens ca. 9.5 mm; filaments ca. 8 mm; anthers subglobose; connective unappendaged; staminodes 2, ca. 2.5 mm. Disc ringlike, margin entire. Pistil ca. 9 mm; ovary with a few short hairs. Style glabrous. Capsule 2-2.7 cm. Seed appendages subulate, 0.5-0.7 mm. Fl. Jul, fr. Sep.
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