Subshrub, evergreen, hermaphrodite, up to 1(1.5) m in height, greyish (due to being very hairy), highly branched. Stems somewhat woody at the base, herbaceous in the middle and upper parts, erect. Branchlets herbaceous, erect or pendulous, hirsute, covered with simple and stellate hairs, some glandular. Leaves (2-6 \u00d7 0.7-3.5 cm) opposite, ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, with truncated or cordate base, margin with wide, obtuse and shallow teeth, rugose and villous on both sides, light green or whitish-green on the upper side, slightly lighter on the underside. Inflorescence in dense verticillasters (false verticils). Calyx irregular, very open, almost in the shape of a star, with 10 or more teeth widened so as to form a structure in the shape of a crater. Corolla 14-16 mm, reddish-purple (rarely whitish), hirsute, bilabiate; the upper lip ending in 2 elongated lobules, and the lower lip with 3 lobules, with a central larger lobule. Stamens 4, longer than the corolla tube. Fruit very small, dry, dark, consisting of 4 nutlets (frequently 1-3 due to poor development of 1 nutlet), included in the persistent calyx. 2n = 22, 28, 30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13323","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n