HABIT	AN ERECT OR DIFFUSE HERB, UP TO 1 M TALL.
STEMS	APPRESSED HAIRY, DENSELY HAIRY AT THE NODES; BRANCHES AND BRACTEOLES SPINY.
LEAVES	ELLIPTIC-OBLONG TO LANCEOLATE, 6.3-13 CM LONG AND 2.5-4.5 CM WIDE, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, HAIRY ON BOTH SIDES.
FLOWERS	BLUISH-PURPLE, PINK OR WHITE, PUBESCENT OUTSIDE, BORN IN 1-4 FLOWERED AXILLARY AND TERMINAL SPIKES.
FRUITS	CAPSULES 1.6 CM LONG, ELLIPSOID OR ABLONG, ACUTE AT BOTH ENDS, 4-SEEDED.
SEEDS	4 MM IN DIAMETER, ORBICULAR, COMPRESSED, SILKY-HAIRY.