Inter robustiores in genere, glaberrimum, diffuse ramosum; rami primarii rigidi, ad 30 cm. longi ad 5 mm. diam., internodiis 2.5-3 cm. longis; folia eis D. Ecklonis simillima, sed supra planiora et pro parte latiora (praecipue suprema, saepe 1.1 cm. longa, ad 9 mm. lata), ad 2.6 cm. longa, ad 1 cm. lata; flores ternati vel 2-ternati, cymis crebris compactis, ramulos breves saepius terminantes, diurni, ca. 1.3 cm. diam.; pedunculi brevissimi vel intermedii rarius ad 4 mm. longi; receptaculum brevissime crateriforme, apice 5-gibbosum, 4-5 mm. diam.; sepala 5, 3 majora plana acuta, ad 6 mm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, 2 breviora acuminata, anguste marginata, ad 3 mm. longa; petala 1-2-seriata obtusa purpurea, ad 5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata vel parum ultra; staminodia perpauca alba, staminibus vix longiora; filamenta alba epapillata, ad 2.5 mm. longa, antheris luteis, 1 mm. longis; glandulae inconspicuae; ovarium supra concavum, medio vix lobatum, demum lobis prominentibus; stigmata anguste subulata, 1.5 mm. longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.4 m high, branches upright, woody. Leaves smooth, flat, oblong to ovate or lanceolate to ovate, keel with prominent midrib. Flowers ternate to 2-nate, deep pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge, valve wings twice as broad as expanding keels.
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