Plant erect or spreading, white-tomentose on young shoots and inflorescences, otherwise glabrous; epicortical runners absent. Leaves lanceolate, rounded at apex; lamina 20-40 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, attenuate at base into obscure petiole c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of triads, the central flower sessile, the laterals pedicellate; peduncle slender, 3-5 mm long; rays of umbel 2-3, 4-5 mm long; pedicels 4-5 mm long; bracts 1 mm long, obtuse. Calyx entire, 0.5 mm long. Corolla in mature bud slender in middle, c. 25 mm long, 4-or 5-merous, distinctly clavate, white-tomentose. Anthers 2-3 mm long, c. 1/2 length of free part filament. Fruit almost globular, 6-9 mm long, pink beneath white tomentum.
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