Shrubs 1-3(-5) m tall. Petiole 0.6-2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate, oblong, oblong-elliptic, elliptic, broadly elliptic, obovate-oblong, or broadly ovate, 5-17 X 2-10 cm, papery, base cuneate, narrowly cuneate, obtuse, or rounded, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Cymes 1-3 cm across, stellate tomentose. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1.5 mm, sparsely stellate tomentose when young, glabrescent, yellow glandular; teeth less than 0.5 mm, obtuse. Corolla purple, ca. 3 mm, slightly puberulent, yellow glandular. Stamens ca. 4-6 mm; anthers ovate, yellow glandular on connective. Ovary puberulent. Fruit purple, 2.5-4 mm in diam., stellate tomentose when young, glabrescent. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Nov.
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