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Information Perennial semisucculent herb or sub-shrub, 0,2—0,5 m tall; branches spreading-ascending, minutely pubescent. Leaves soft­ly fleshy, petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 15-35 (-40) x 10-22 (-28) mm, shortly and stiffly pubescent beneath, sparingly pubescent above, apex obtuse, base obtuse to truncate, margin crenulate-sinuate, often tinged with reddish purple. Inflorescence usually branched; bracts lan­ceolate to elliptic, 2-2,5 x 0,5-1 mm, acute, not overlapping except in the bud stage. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering, increasing to 3 mm long. Corolla white to pinkish mauve with reddish purple mark­ings on the upper lip, 7 — 11 mm long; tube straight or nearly so.

Information Perennial semisucculent herb or soft shrub 0,15—0,5 m tall; stems erect or spreading, subglabrous to greyish velvety, often with scattered longish hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 20-45 (-60) x 18-40 (-50) mm, subglab­rous to shortly pubescent, apex obtuse to rounded, base truncate, often decurrent on the petiole, margin crenate-dentate; petiole 15—40 mm long. Inflorescence fairly dense; flowers alternately single and in pairs; bracts broadly ovate, overlapping, 3—4 x 2,5—3,5 mm, obtuse to apiculate. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering enlarging to 3 mm. Corolla pale mauve to rosy pink, 4—5 mm long; lower lip with a deltoid tooth or projection at the base and somewhat hooded at the apex. Fig. 23: 2.