Shrubs, 0.3–1 m, moundlike. Stems usually prostrate to ascending, rarely erect, sometimes rooting at proximal nodes; branchlets reddish to grayish brown, rigid, smooth to slightly ridged, tomentulose, glabrescent. Leaves not fascicled; petiole 1–2 mm; blade flat or cupped, obovate to oblong-obovate, 8–20 × 4–12(–15) mm, base cuneate, margins thick to revolute, usually entire, sometimes denticulate near apex, teeth 3–5, apex acute to rounded, truncate, or retuse, abaxial surface grayish green, tomentulose, adaxial surface green, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–1.5 cm. Flowers: sepals and petals pale to deep blue, sometimes tinged with lavender; nectary dark purplish green. Capsules 5–8 mm wide, not to weakly lobed; valves smooth, horns subapical, minute, erect, intermediate ridges absent.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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