Roughly hairy, softly woody, short-lived shrublet with white prickles, to 1.5 m. Leaves ovate-cuneate, distinctly petioled, white-prickly. Flowers axillary or in terminal, helicoid cymes, large, cream-coloured to yellow with purple stripes. Fruit a sparsely tubercled capsule.
A small shrub. It is softly woody and has white prickles. It grows 1.5 m tall. The leaf stalk and leaves have white prickles. The leaves are oval to wedge shaped. The flowers are cream coloured with purple stripes. The fruit is a capsule with lumps.