Herbs, erect, unbranched, 13-25 cm tall, presumably perennial; stems glabrous. Petiole 3-5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade drying papery, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic-oblong, 7-17 × 2-4 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, base cuneate, apex acute; secondary veins 9-12 pairs; stipules long triangular, ca. 8 mm, glabrous, 2-lobed, lobes ca. 3 mm. Inflorescences paniculate, many flowered, ca. 20 cm, glabrous; peduncles 9-11 cm; bracts linear, ca. 3 mm. Calyx with hypanthium portion ovoid, ca. 2 mm. Corolla white, outside glabrous; tube ca. 5 mm, bearded in throat. Capsules ovoid, ca. 2 mm, glabrous. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jun.