Annual with stout, erect, densely lfy stems up to ± 7·5-25 cm. tall. Basal lvs (2)-3-5 cm. long, coriac., rather fleshy, upper surface ± wrinkled to rugulose; lamina oblong or spathulate-oblong (occ. ± lanceolate), with 3-5 distinct nerves, narrowed into flat petiole c. 3 cm. long. Cauline lvs ∞, smaller, oblong-spathulate to oblong on short broad petioles nearly ═ lamina. Fls crowded in much-branched slender axillary lfy cymes, each fl. subtended by a slightly longer linear bract. Calyx ± 9 mm. long, cut nearly to base into linear-oblong obtuse lobes. Corolla ± 11 mm. long, lobes oblong, obtuse.