Stenogyne bifida, a nonaromatic member of the mint family, is a perennial herb, evidently climbing, with smooth or slightly hairy, four-angled stems. The opposite, membranous, toothed leaves are oval or elliptical in shape, measure 4.2 to 10 cm (1.7 to 4 in) long and 1.7 to 3.6 cm (0.7 to 1.4 in) wide, and are hairless except for the midribs. Flowers are usually arranged in groups of two to six in each of several whorls at the ends of the stems. The sepals are fused into a toothed calyx which is almost hairless, radially symmetrical narrowly bell-shaped, and 8 to 12 mm (0.3 to 0.5 in) long. The petals are fused into a nearly straight, yellow tube 10 to 16 mm (0.4 to 0.6 in) long which flares into pale-brown lobes comprising an upper lip about 4 to 6 mm (0.2 in) long and a lower lip about 2 to 4mm (0.1 in) long. The fruits are fleshy, black nutlets about 2.5 to 3 mm (0.1 in) long. The long, narrow calyx teeth and the deep lobe in the upper lip of the yellow corolla separate this species from others of the genus.