Subshrub, evergreen, hermaphrodite, up to 1 m in height, sometimes even taller. Stems clearly woody at the base, tortuous, branched, erect or extended almost at ground level and then lifting upwards, with greyish bark that peels off into longitudinal strips; flower stems very erect, slender and straight, tetragonal in cross section, with hairs and glands of various types. Leaves (1.5-7.5 \u00d7 0.4-3.2 cm) simple, from ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, with rounded base and long petiole (1-3.5 cm), subentire margin, somewhat crenulate, with \u00b1 abundant hairs, from green to white, usually slightly lighter on the underside, rugose; gathered at the base of the plant, usually alternate, but the few leaves on the flower stems are opposite. Inflorescences simple or ramose, in verticillasters of 2-8 flowers. Calyx (0.5-1.5 cm) tubular or campanulate, regular, not bilabiate, with 5 equal teeth (1-5 mm). Corolla large (1.5-4 cm), pinkish-blueish, with short and widened tube, bilabiate, with upper lip entire and the lower lip divided into 2 lobules. Stamens 2, slightly exserted from the corolla tube, stigma longer. Fruit composed of 4 subglobose nutlets (2-3.5 mm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13329","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n