Erect, soft shrub, 1-2 m high; freely branched, finely tomentose. Leaves petiolate, softly semi-succulent, ovate to broadly ovate, 30-70 x 25-55 mm, base truncate to shortly cuneate, apex acute, margins coarsely crenate; both surfaces shortly pubescent, lower surface gland-dotted. Inflorescence: rachis 40-80 mm long; verticillasters 6-flowered. Flowers pale blue-mauve to white. Calyx 7 mm long when fruiting, purple-tinged, glandular-pubescent. Corolla 10-16 mm long; tube deflexed, base large and saccate narrowing towards throat; upper lip 5-6 mm long with 6 rows of mauve dots; lower lip 5-6 mm long, concave, deflexed. Stamens free, upper 2 staminodes. Flowering time Oct.-June.