Shrubs, 1–3 m. Stems erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets grayish brown, rigid, tomentulose. Leaves alternate, not fascicled, often crowded; petiole 1–3 mm; blade flat to cupped, widely obovate to suborbiculate, 5–14 × 3–10 mm, base cuneate to rounded, margins not revolute, entire to weakly denticulate distal to middle, teeth 9–16, apex truncate to retuse, abaxial surface pale green, sparsely strigillose, glabrescent, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, 1–1.5 cm. Flowers: sepals and petals white; nectary black. Capsules 4–6 mm wide, weakly lobed; valves smooth, horns minute or absent, intermediate ridges absent. 2n = 24.
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