Subshrub or shrub, evergreen, hermaphrodite, up to 0.8(1.2) m in height, slightly ramose and erect. Stems and old branches tortuous, with greyish-brown bark, smooth and shiny; the older stems slightly fissured. Young branches very upright, vertical, angular, green. Leaves (1-3.5 \u00d7 0.3-1 cm) from obovate-lanceolate to spatulate, acute or obtuse, sometimes ending in 3 points, cuneate at the base, with entire margin, glabrous, green on the upper side, glaucous on the underside, coriaceous, petiolate. They grow alternately along young branches, or in groups on old branches. Inflorescence in terminal subglobose capitula, with numerous ovate bracts. Flowers very small and numerous. Calyx tubular, with 5 teeth, linear, longer than the tube. Corolla bluish, sometimes a very deep blue, bilabiate, with a short and entire upper lip, and an elongated lower lip divided at the end into 3 small lobules. Stamens 4, unequal, very exserted from the corolla tube. Fruit a very small achene included in the persistent calyx. 2n = 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13428","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n