Plant is an upright, woody, smooth to slightly hairy perennial. Preferred habitat is poor soils, flat pine woods and at roadsides. Distribution is coastal in the Escambia region.

Leaves are opposite on the stem; consisting of one whole part; small; egg-shaped; stalked; tapering to the tip with sides less than equal; margins toothed and base is heart-shaped and attached to stalk between lobes.

Flowers are in a panicle or a raceme. Calyx is long-lipped; corolla is red; two stamens and extending beyond the corolla. Flowering season is in the summer.

Fruit is an ovary with two or more seed chambers.