Small, erect to decumbent, robust shrub, 15 cm. to 1 m. tall. Branchlets variously, though never closely and finely, pubescent, internodes us. short. Lvs imbricating to spreading, c. 10-15 × 5-10 mm., broadly ovate, ± concave, us. rather thick and glaucous; lf-bud without sinus, the lamina only very gradually tapered to the base which is broad but < 1/2 lf-width; lamina broadly obtuse to occ. subacute, entire, glab.; midrib obscure. Infls lateral, simple, rarely > 2 × lvs, sts quite hiding vegetative tip; peduncle us. < lf, coarsely pubescent. Fls crowded, sessile. Bracts broad, ciliolate, = and overlapping the very similar calyx-lobes. Corolla-tube not > calyx, lobes long and narrow. Capsule erect, us. pubescent, rounded, scarcely > calyx.

2n = 80

n = 40

2n = 40

2n = 40

2n = 40

n = 40

2n = 80

2n = 80