Twiggy shrub 0.5-1 m tall; stems stellate-floccose. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 6-11 x 4-9 mm, discolorous, upper surface rugose, brown, subglabrous, under-surface densely grey tomentose with dendroid hairs, apex obtuse to rounded, base obtuse to truncate, margin minutely crenate-dentate; petiole 1-2.5 mm long. Inflorescence simple or with a pair of branches near the base, 50-80 mm long; verticils 2-flowered, 8-15 mm apart; bracts caducous, 2.5-5 mm long, sometimes tinged with purple. Calyx 9-10 mm long at maturity. Corolla white, 15-17 mm long; tube 11-14 mm long, widening to 4 mm at the mouth; lower lip 4 mm long. Stamens well exserted beyond the lower lip; upper pair attached about the middle of the corolla tube, filaments pubescent near the base; lower pair united to the apex. Stigma shortly bifid.
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