A perennial, with short slender densely hairy erect stems. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong with a cuneate base, acute, membranous, obscurely crenate, 3–5 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, finely pubescent on both sides. Panicles terminal only, dense, oblong, 1 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts shorter than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 1/4 in. long: teeth ovate, acute, subequal, shorter than the oblong tube. Corolla not seen.
