Subshrub ; up to 15 cm high , with a woody base ; whole plant densely white velutinous with dendroidal hairs . Stems erect to ascending , quadrangular , branched from the base , with branched hairs and sessile glands . Leaves few on stems , 6-8 x 3-6 mm , opposite , grey-green , ± sessile , thick and rugose , ovate to ovate-elliptic , base cuneate , apex obtuse , margins entire or obscurely crenate , pubescent with branched hairs and sessile glands , nerves indistinct . Inflorescences (verticils) 1–2- flowered , few on the stems ; bracts linear to ovate ; pedicels 2 mm , ± erect in fruit . Flowers pale blue ; calyx grey-green , 3 . 5-5 mm , campanulate , 2-lipped , densely pubescent with eglandular simple and branched hairs , interspersed with capitate glandular hairs and sessile glands ; upper lip of mucronate teeth ; corolla pale blue , 2-lipped , 5-8 mm ; upper lip ± straight . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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In the central desert, the whole plant is burnt as incense due to its nice fragrance. The leaves boiled with tea to add lemony flavor. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
