Erect shrub to 1 m tall, rarely to 2 m, with lignotuber; branches hirsute, glabrescent; leaf-scars often prominent. Leaves sessile, obovate to elliptic, to 20 mm long, to 15 mm wide, glabrous or with a few hairs at base, and a single apical gland. Involucral bracts glabrous. Perianth c. 25 mm long, scarlet, very rarely orange, with short, scattered hairs outside; in bud the apex obtuse and not upturned. Style sparsely hirsute, with long hairs; pollen presenter green; ovary with a few short hairs.
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