A perennial undershrub, 13 in. high, glabrous or nearly so; branches woody at the base, apparently procumbent; branchlets herbaceous, wiry, pallid, erect or ascending, 3-7 in. high; moderately leafy; leaves opposite, linear, obtuse and minutely apiculate, narrowed towards the sessile somewhat clasping base, entire, 1/10-3/5 in. long; flowers racemose, 1/4 in. long, numerous; pedicels 1/6-1/4 in. long; racemes 2-4 in. long, oblong, not very dense; bracts alternate and opposite, lanceolate or ovate, shorter than the leaves, spreading or in fruit reflexed; calyx-segments lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely glandular-puberulous, 1/12 in. long, persistent, spreading or in fruit reflexed; corolla lilac, slightly and minutely glandular outside, densely bearded on the palate inside; lobes of the anterior lip 4, oval, entire, rounded at the apex, 1/8 in. long; posterior lip as long as the anterior, 1/5 in. long, broad; one lobe white; throat yellow; pocket at the base of the corolla broad, very short; stamens glabrous; capsule oblong, almost equally rounded at the base, subtruncate and not horned at the apex, glabrous, 1/4-3/8 in. long, 1/6-1/5 in. broad.
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