Perennial, semi-succulent, several-stemmed procumbent herb; stems pubÂescent, sparingly branched, up to 0,7 m long with ascending inflorescences. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade softly succulent, ovate to obovate, 15-25 x 12-20 mm, pubescent, under-surface with orange-red gland-dots, apex obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, obscurely crenate-dentate. InfloreÂscence a terminal, dense spike-like raceme 50—80 mm long, not markedly 4-angled at the apex; bracts persistent, fleshy, rounded; flowers in 4—6-flowered sessile cymes, forming 8—12-flowered verticils; pedicels erect, appressed to the rhachis. Calyx 4—5 mm long in fruit, red gland-dotted without, densely villous inside, bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of a large broadly ovate tooth, the lower lip of 4 subequal deltoid-subulate teeth. Corolla mauve-purple, 15 — 18 mm long; tube narrow and ascending then geniculate and expanding about the middle; upper lip 3,5—4 mm long, lower lip deeply boat-shaped, 9—11 mm long. Stamens 9—11 mm long, united at the base for 2 mm. Fig. 27: 2.
