Shrubs, branching near base. Stems 10-18 mm diam., stiff. Leaves 2-4 pairs; blade often red-edged, apex rounded, cuspidate, surfaces farinose [green]. Inflorescences: peduncle stout, 2-5 dm, nearly leafless; cyme broad, 10-30-flowered. Pedicels pendent in flower, erect in fruit, 1-3 cm. Flowers: sepals triangular, 2-5 mm; corolla tube 15-25 mm, with hairy ring in proximal 1/4, lobes convolute in bud, [spreading] recoiled in anthesis, 10-15 × 6 mm; nectaries yellow, 2 mm wide; stamens 3 cm; epipetalous filaments adnate to corolla in basal 1/4; anthers 2.5-3.5 mm; gynoecium green, 3 cm × 6 mm; pistils appressed, tapering gradually into slender styles. 2n = 18.
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