Erect or rarely spreading or sprawling shrub to 1.5 m high, with moderately dense to dense stellate indumentum on branches and leaves. Stellate hairs with 10–20+ rays; rays 0.1–0.3 (–0.5) mm long. Leaves: petiole 0.5–5 mm long; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic, sometimes sublanceolate, 7–62 mm long, 1.5–14.5 mm wide, attenuate to cuneate at base, acute, ± mucronate; indumentum similar on both surfaces. Peduncle to 2.5 (–7) mm long; pedicel 0.5–5 mm long. Perianth white, pink or burgundy. Sepals (4–) 7–10 mm long (–12 mm when in fruit), 2–5.5 mm wide (–7.5 mm when in fruit). Petals 3–7.5 mm long.
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