An erect soft undershrub 0,5 — 1,1 m tall, branching from the base; stems simple below, branched in the upper half or third, softly woody below, 4-angled, finely to fairly densely tomentose, usually with spreading hairs. Leaves subsessile, upper surface subglabrous or sparingly hispidu-lous, lower surface sparingly to fairly densely hispid and minutely gland-dotted, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 25—60 x 6 — 12 mm, remotely 1—few-toothed towards the apex or entire, apex obtuse to acute, base narrowly cuneate, margin flat or slightly revolute. Inflorescence a leafy panicle occupying the upper third of the stem, often diffusely branched; flowers in 2—7-flowered pedunÂculate cymes; peduncle 6—20 mm long, pedicels 3—8 mm long. Calyx finely pubeÂscent, 2,5—3,5 mm long; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 1 — 1,5 mm long. Corolla 5—6 mm long; tube 2—3 mm long; lower lip oblong-obovate, 2,5—3 mm long, slightly concave, remaining 4 lobes oblong, rounded, 2 mm long. Stamens exserted by 5—7 mm.
