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Information Shrublet, 1–2 m tall, erect or often ± decumbent, often leafless at flowering time. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate, suborbicular or broadly elliptic, 11–25 × 10–20 mm, densely hoary with greyish hairs, apex obtuse or subacute, base cuneate, margin crenate. Inflorescence lax; bracts small, mostly early deciduous; cymes (3–)4–7-flowered, subsessile or very shortly pedunculate; pedicels spreading, 6–13 mm long in the fruiting stage, pubescent with short eglandular hairs and often a few glands. Fruiting calyx ± upcurved, 5–8 mm long, ± pubescent in the mouth of the tube; upper lobe broadly ovate, concave, decurrent; lower lobes c. 3.5 mm long, longer than the lateral lobes. Corolla 12–18 mm long; lower lip 5–9 mm long, much longer than the upper lip. Stamens ± connate. Nutlets 1–1.2 × 0.9–1.2 mm.

Information Annual or short-lived perennial herb, erect to decumbent, 0.05–0.4 m tall. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, up to 7–25 × 5–20 mm, apex rounded, obtuse or subacute, base attenuate, margin crenate, often slightly revolute. Cymes 2–3-flowered; pedicels 2–3 mm long, slightly flattened. Fruiting calyx 3–4.5 mm long, open, villous in the throat; lateral lobes narrowly deltoid, slightly acuminate, shorter than the lower lobes. Corolla 4-lobed, 3–4.5 mm long, white, pink or bluish; upper lobe slightly broader than the other lobes. Nutlets 1.2–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, brown, producing a small amount of mucilage when wet.