Erectly branched shrub to ca. 1 m tall; twigs with scattered gland-headed hairs, otherwise glabrous, with non-chambered pith; buds to ca. 2.8 mm long, leaves revolute.  Leaves coriaceous, ovate to elliptic, 0.7-1.8 x 0.4-1.3 cm, base cordate to rounded, apex acute- to obtuse-mucronate to short-acuminate, margin entire or serrulate due to gland-headed hairs, plane, adaxial surface with gland-headed hairs, otherwise very sparsely pubescent on extreme basal portion of midvein, abaxial surface with gland-headed hairs, especially on midvein, otherwise glabrous, usually with few very inconspicuous glandular dots along midvein; petiole 1-2 mm long.  Inflorescences axillary racemes or terminal racemes or panicles, to 5-16 cm long; rachis with scattered gland-headed hairs, otherwise glabrous; pedicels 2-7 mm long, with gland-headed hairs, otherwise glabrous; bracteoles 2, alternate to opposite, from near apex to midpoint of pedicel, narrowly triangular to ovate, to ca. 2.3 mm long; floral bracts to 5 mm long (some similar to leaves).  Flowers with triangular calyx lobes, with acuminate apices, 1.4-3 x 0.6-1.6 mm, abaxial surface with gland-headed hairs, otherwise glabrous; corolla cylindrical, white, 6-7 x 2-3 mm, glabrous; filaments ca. 4 mm long; anthers ca. 1 mm long; ovary glabrous.  Capsules subglobose to short-ovoid, 4-5.5 x 5.5-7.5 mm, placentae ± central; seeds 1.2-1.6 mm long.

    Distribution.  Endemic to SE Brazil (Minas Gerais, Serra do Cipó), at ca. 1400 m alt.  Flowering in June.