Shrublet 0.3 m or more tall; stems ascending, sparingly branched, glandular-hispid. Leaves subsessile to petiolate; blade ovate to broadly elliptic, 20-40 x 12-20 mm, glandular-pubescent on both surfaces, lower surface with yellowish gland-dots, apex obtuse, base rounded, margin finely serrate; petiole 2-5 mm long. Inflorescence simple, 30-150 mm long; verticils 2-6-flowered, 7-20 mm apart; rhachis glandular-hispidulous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-6 mm long. Calyx 9-11 mm long at fruiting stage. Corolla whitish to mauve or pink; tube somewhat decurved, widening towards the throat, 5-7 mm long; upper lip erect, 3-4 mm long; lower lip boat-shaped, 5-6 mm long. Stamens exserted from the throat by 7-8 mm; upper 2 filaments attached near the base of the tube, slightly thickened and pubescent below. Stigma not thickened, minutely bilobed.
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