Perennials with suberect to decumbent branches up to 0,1 m long, usually much branched, with fibrous roots. Leaves oblan-ceolate to obovate or orbicular, (16-)20-30(-35) x 15-25(-30) mm, abruptÂly cuneate, usually rounded at apex, dorsi-ventrally flattened and with distinct horny margin right around leaf, whitish green and with a thick bloom and sometimes with a few darker markings. Inflorescence a spikeÂlike thyrse with l(-4)-flowered cymes, 0,2-0,35 m long, whitish green; pedicel 5-15 mm long. Buds terete and slightly grooved longitudinally, gradually tapering towards apex, at first stiffly erect, later spreading. Calyx 2-2,5 mm long, white and powdery. Corolla with cylindrical tube slightly widened at mouth, 11-13 mm long, white or pale pink; lobes lanceolate-triangular, 3-5 mm long, acute, papillose and with club-shaped trichomes mainly towards throat, white with pink median band. Anthers inÂcluded. Squamae about square, 1-1,2 mm long and broad, slightly emarginate, broadÂest at about the middle or below.
