Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 1 m in height and even taller, of irregular shape, very ramose. Branches upright, with greyish bark, younger branches \u00b1 angular. Branchlets reddish-brown, \u00b1 covered with short hairs, simple or with a gland at the apex, sometimes with long glanduliferous erect hairs. Leaves (2-5 \u00d7 0.8-2.5 mm), in whorls of 3-4, shortly petiolated, from lanceolate to ovate, rigid, with long hairs (cilia), simple or glanduliferous, up to 1 mm long, with slightly revolute margin, revealing a white band on the underside, dull green on the upper side and greenish-whitish on the underside. Inflorescence in spiciform lateral racemes, with numerous flowers, elongated, tenuously tapering towards the apex. Pedicel shorter than the corolla, villous, reddish, with 2 bracteoles on the upper half. Flowers with free sepals, ovate-lanceolate (1.5-4 mm long), greenish, villous (with simple or glanduliferous cilia) or glabrescent. Corolla from pink to purple, 6-13 mm, tubular, but with slightly widened base, slightly curved, tapered at the apex, with lobes slightly recurved backwards at the apex. Anthers included, without appendages. Fruit a subspherical capsule, 2.2-3 mm, glabrous, dehiscing in 4 valves. Seeds (0.4-0.5 mm), with very finely reticulated surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13200","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n