Shrub 1—2,5 m tall, much branched; stems hispidulous. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 20-45 x 12-20 mm, scabrid, gland-dotted, apex acute to obtuse, base obtuse to cuneate, margin obscurely crenate-dentate; petiole 2—8 mm long. Inflorescence usually paniculate, 80—180 mm long, fairly dense to lax; verticils 4—6 (rarely 2)-flowered, 4—18 mm apart; bracts 3—5 x 3-4 mm. Calyx cylindrical, 9 — 10 mm long, densely glandular-puberulous, with the uppermost tooth obovate-elliptic, 2—2,5 mm long, distinctly larger than the lower 4 narrowly deltoid teeth. Corolla pink to pale mauve or purple, 25—30 mm long; tube 20—25 mm long, gradually widening to 5—6 mm at the mouth; lower lip 3—5 mm long, usually deflexed at maturity. Stamens well exserted, often coiled; 2 upper filaments inserted about the middle of the corolla tube, glabrous. Style well exserted.