Perennial, very hispid, 1–2 1/2 ft. high. Stems densely branched in the inflorescence; branches suberect; internodes very short. Leaves subsessile, thick, rigid, spreading, crowded, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1–1 3/4 in. long, largest 1/2 in. broad, obtuse, base rounded, crenatures numerous. Flowers about 1/2 in. in diam., densely crowded. Calyx-lobes unequal, anterior longer with two or three crenatures, shorter than the tube. Corolla pubescent outside; tube less abruptly curved than in B. Mannii and lobes more strongly veined. Anthers bearded. Capsule ovoid, pubescent, about 1/2 in. long. Seeds longitudinally winged; wings with faint transverse ribs.