Subshrub, hermaphrodite, up to 40(60) cm in height. Stems erect, highly branched, the younger ones densely covered in white hairs. Leaves opposite, with short petioles (up to 2 mm), from oval-lanceolate to oval-oblong; cauline leaves with flat or subflat margin, not revolute, entire, the lower leaves glabrous and the upper leaves sometimes with white cilia along the margins, especially in their lower half; limb \u00b1 covered in puncta; floral leaves substending the verticillasters, very different from caulinar leaves, especially because floral leaves are completely covered in white cilia (not only along their margins). Inflorescences terminal, subglobose, in verticillasters, dense, with ovate-lanceolate and ciliated bracts. Calyx 6-8 mm, campanulate-cylindrical, not compressed, without lateral keels, with ciliated teeth. Corolla 10-12 mm, deep pink in colour. Androecium with 4 didynamous stamens, exserted, with purple anthers. Nutlets from ovoid to elipsoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13344","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n