annual (?), decumbent, branched chiefly at the base, 2–6 in. high; branches with pubescence chiefly in decurrent lines from the leaf-bases; leaves usually solitary, crowded, oblong-lanceolate, elliptical, or the lower subspathulate, acute or subobtuse, dentate or sometimes nearly entire, puberulous or nearly glabrous, 2–8 lin. long; spikes roundish or oblong, dense, 4–9 lin. long; bracts lanceolate, subacute, slightly ciliate, 2–2 1/4 lin. long; calyx 1 1/2 lin. long, minutely puberulous; lobes subulate or linear, subobtuse, about twice as long as the tube; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 1 1/2–2 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about three or four times shorter than the tube; fruit oblong, 1 lin. long. null