Shrubs open, branches usually rigidly erect-ascending. Leaves: petiole 2-6(-7) mm; blade 1.5-6.5 × 1-3 cm, apex obtuse to rounded (rarely notched or acute), secondary veins often depressed. Corollas 23-37 mm.

Flowering early spring. Seasonally wet, pine flatwoods, borders of evergreen shrub bogs or bays, transition zone between branch bays and pine ridges; of conservation concern; 0-50 m; Fla.