Perennial, semi-succulent, procumbent herb, up to 2 m long; fairly densely tomentose. Leaves petiolate, ovate to broadly ovate, 20-70 x 18-75 mm, base truncate, apex acute, margins deeply dentate with 4-7 pairs of triangular teeth; densely pubescent, lower surface red to brownish gland-dotted. Inflorescences terminal, on short lateral shoots, occasionally with 1 or 2 pairs of branches near base; rachis up to 225 mm long; verticillasters 6-12-flowered. Flowers white (rarely purple). Calyx glandular-scabrid. Corolla finely pubescent and gland-dotted; tube slightly bent about middle and expanding to throat; lower lip boat-shaped. Flowering time Mar.-June.