Perennial herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Leaves cordate, ovate to trullate, venation reticulate with 4-6 pairs of lateral veins. Inflorescence a sparse, 1-sided cyme. Flowers 5-12, 5-10 mm apart. Calyx glabrous or with sessile, glandular trichomes outside, very sparsely glandular within. Corolla with slender tube, pale lilac, 2-lipped. Ovary glabrous. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Seeds reniform, compressed with irregular tubercles and a discontinuous peripheral ridge.