Subshrub with close-set erect or spreading stems up to ± 1 m. tall, arising from a branched rhizome. Stems branched above; branches and branchlets quadrangular, ± summer-green. Lvs on flat petioles up to 2 mm. long; lamina (3)-4-5 × (1·5)-2-3 cm., broad- to narrow-ovate to ovate-oblong, abruptly acuminate or acute, subcoriac. to submembr.; 4-6 lateral nerves prominent, arching to apex. Racemes ascending to spreading, ± 5-8 cm. long; pedicels 3-4-5 mm. long; fls rather laxly placed; sepals ovate-oblong, ± 2-3 mm. long; petals slightly shorter. Carpels 5-10.

2n = 80