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Perennial semisucculent herb or sub-shrub, 0,2—0,5 m tall; branches spreading-ascending, minutely pubescent. Leaves soft­ly fleshy, petiolate; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 15-35 (-40) x 10-22 (-28) mm, shortly and stiffly pubescent beneath, sparingly pubescent above, apex obtuse, base obtuse to truncate, margin crenulate-sinuate, often tinged with reddish purple. Inflorescence usually branched; bracts lan­ceolate to elliptic, 2-2,5 x 0,5-1 mm, acute, not overlapping except in the bud stage. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering, increasing to 3 mm long. Corolla white to pinkish mauve with reddish purple mark­ings on the upper lip, 7 — 11 mm long; tube straight or nearly so.