Stems erect to 70 cm tall, reddish brown, with short deflexed hairs. Leaves ovate, shortly stalked, green, hairless. Bracts purple; calyx to 3 mm long, green, very slightly 2-lipped, with 5 similar 1 mm lobes. Corolla 6-7 mm long, rose-purple. Stamens included, all with 0.5 mm-long filaments.