Shrubs to 3 m. Leaves: petiole 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous (hispid or tomentose); blade usually elliptic or obovate, sometimes ovate to lanceolate, 1.8-5.2 × 0.6-2.5 cm, base cuneate (rounded), apex acute to rounded, surfaces glabrous or reddish-tomentose when young. Inflorescences appearing stalked because of reduction in leaf size proximal to raceme. Flowers: sepals (unequal in size, outer ones largest), 3.2-5.2 × 3-9 mm, lobes ovate to depressed-ovate, 1.5-2.9 × 1.5-2.9 mm; petals spreading to reflexed, white, pink, or white with pink lines, spatulate, 18-33 × 3.5-8 mm; filaments tomentose; ovary glabrous. Capsules [5-] 7-locular, 4-6.6 × 6.3-11 mm. Seeds 1.1-1.8 mm.
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