The leaf apex is obtuse. Both stems and leaves are covered in short stiff hairs. The flowers are a purplish colour, borne at the ends of short branchlets, very much resembling those of S. ramosissima . The leaf apex is obtuse and not acute. Bracteoles are narrow obvate rather than linear.
Peduncles are shorter than the leaves.
Peduncles of S. ramosissima are as long as or longer than the leaves.