Two-year or perennial herb, up to 60 cm tall, densely covered with petioled soft hairs, grayish white throughout the plant.StemUpright, much-branched, base slightly lignified. Leaves oblong to inversely lanceolate or spoon-shaped, with petiole, 6-14 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm wide, entire or wavy-margined, apex obtuse or rarely with a short acuminate tip, base gradually narrowing into the petiole.