Perennial erect semi-succulent suffrutex 1 — 1,5 m tall; stems woody at the base, sparingly branched, densely cano-tomentose. Leaves petiolate; blade semi-fleshy, drying fairly thick-textured, broadly obovate to subrotund, 40—60 x 40-70 mm, densely pubescent, under-surface with red­dish brown gland-dots, apex rounded, base cuneate to abruptly attenuate, margin crenate. Inflorescence terminal, spike-like, up to 350 mm long, simple or with a pair of branches near the base; flowers in very dense ± 20-flowered cymes, densely tomen-tose, producing ± 40-flowered verticils, crowded towards the apex and spaced 10—30 mm apart lower down. Calyx 5—6 mm long in fruit, glandular-tomentose; uppermost tooth much larger than the remaining 4 teeth, ovate-oblong, abruptly acute at the apex. Corolla white, 10—12 mm long; tube slightly bent about the middle and expanding to the throat; upper lip 1,5 mm long. Stamens united at the base for 1—2 mm, 5—7 mm long.