Stems few to several arising from a perennial woody rootstock, sparingly branched, suberect to decumbent, 0,15—0,6 m long, softly woody below, densely and shortly tomentose. Leaves subsessile to shortly petiolate; blade subcoriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 15—25 x 6—10 mm, sparingly tomentulose and gland-dotted on both surfaces, particularly below, secondary nerves obscure above, 2—3 pairs visible below, apex subacute to obtuse, sometimes minutely apiculate, base obtuse, margin entire; petiole up to 5 mm long. Inflorescence lax, terminal, unbranched, 80—200 mm long, of many spaced verticils; verticils usually 2-flowered; pedicels 4—12 mm long with a pair of minute bracteoles about the middle. Calyx densely pilose, gland-dotted, often purple-tinged, becomÂing ovoid, inflated, membranous, 10—14 x 8—10 mm; lips rounded, 2—3 mm long. Corolla violet-scented, maroon to chocoÂlate, 12—18 mm long, finely tomentose; tube 6—9 mm long; upper lip 2—3 mm long, about 5 mm broad; lower lip 3-lobed, 5—8 mm long, 8—10 mm broad. Nutlets, exÂcluding the wing, 5—6 mm long, subglab-rous; wing broadly elliptical, about 8x6 mm.
