Soft shrublet 0.3-1 m tall; stems arising annually from a perennial woody rootstock, sparingly to freely branched and sometimes broom-like (in the latter case with many small leaves), sparingly to densely hispid. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade, in typical form, ovate to broadly ovate, 15-40 x 8-22 mm, in broom-like form ovate-elliptic to ovate, 12-20 x 4-8 mm, concolorous, sparingly to densely pubescent on both surfaces, apex acute to obtuse, base obtuse to rounded, margin serrate-dentate chiefly in the upper two-thirds, rarely with teeth obscure. Inflorescence paniculate, lax, 70-200 mm long; verticils (2-)3-6-flowered; bracts ovate to lanceolate, the terminal ones pinkish purple, 12-24 x 4-10 mm, often forming a lax coma. Calyx 12-14 mm long at maturity, densely glandular-hispidulous. Corolla whitish to mauve or lilac-pink, 18-22 mm long; tube 14-17 mm long, widening to 5 mm at the mouth; lower lip 4-6 mm long, often deflexed. Stamens well exserted beyond the lower-lip; upper pair attached about the middle of the tube, filaments pubescent in the lower half; lower pair united to the apex or nearly so. Stigma bifid.
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