shrubby below, subherbaceous above, erect or ascending, 8–30 in. high, much branched; stems erect or decumbent, puberulous below, more or less viscid-pubescent above; branches opposite, usually decussate, the upper pyramidally or corymbosely arranged, with rather short pallid pubescence, leafy below the abundant inflorescence; leaves opposite, ovate or oval, very obtuse or nearly rounded, wedge-shaped at the base, dentate, more or less glandular-puberulous or shortly pubescent on both faces, membranous, 1/4–2 in. long, 1/15–1 1/5 in. broad; petioles up to 1/3 in. long or rarely to nearly 1 in.; flowers very numerous, 1/3– 3/5 in. long, racemose or cymose; racemes rather short, simple or compound, arranged in terminal leafy elongated pubescent sometimes purplish panicles; pedicels opposite or terminal, pubescent, rather slender, short or rarely up to 1 in. long; bracts opposite, lanceolate or subulate, smaller than the leaves, pubescent, mostly acute, entire or sparingly toothed; calyx hispid or pubescent, 1/6– 1/3 in. long, rather deeply 5-lobed; segments lanceolate-linear, subulate towards the apex, acute; corolla white or orange and white; tube rather slender, cylindrical-funnel-shaped, nearly straight or a little curved, 1/4– 1/2 in. long, pubescent outside; throat yellow, glabrous or nearly so; limb 1/4– 3/8 in. in diam.; lobes obovate-oblong, rounded, entire, 1/10– 1/6 in. long; stamens didynamous; filaments sometimes finely pilose near the apex; anthers rounded, rather large, the upper situate at or near the throat of the corolla, the lower included; style exserted; capsule ovoid or oblong, glabrous, 1/8– 1/6 in. long. null
