Erectum vel inter frutices subscandens, 20-40 cm. altum; rami senecti rigidi lignosi. saepe 6 mm. diam., internodiis 2.5-5.5 cm. longis; ramuli hornotini cum flore 4-16 cm. longi, internodiis 0.5-2.5 cm. longis, 2-3 mm. diam., cuticula rubicunda, papillata more Drosanthemi in sectione “Aspericaulia”; folia diu fere erecta, supra canaliculata, dorso rotundata, lat. visa superne vix angustata, obtusa viridia, sat inconspicue papillata, saepius 2-3.5 cm. longa, ad 4 mm. lata, 2-3 mm. diam., vel rarius subcomplanata, ad 5 mm. lata, vagina perbrevi vel ad 0.5 mm. longa; flores solitarii, ad 7.8 cm., saepius 5 cm., diam.; pedunculi papillati, 1.5-5.5 cm. longi; receptaculum globose turbinatum, crebre papillatum, 5 mm. longum, ad 7 mm. diam.; sepala 5, subaequilonga, 0.8-0.9 cm., vel 1-1.1 cm., longa, 3 latissime atrate marginata; petala densa, 4-seriata, interiora pauca, prope basin angustata, obtusa vel 1-3-denticulata, purpurea rosea, 0.7-3 cm., vel rarius ad 3.6 cm., longa, saepe ad 2.5 mm. lata; staminodia nulla; filamenta conice conferta vel exteriora erecta, alba, 4-6 mm. longa, interiora prope basin papillata, antheris pollineque pallidis; discus continuus, obtuse subpentagonus, crenulatus; ovarium stellate lobatum, lobis subcompressis, medium versus leviter elevatis; stigmata purpurea, inferne subulata intusque papillata, superne caudata, 2-5 mm. longa; capsula anni prioris 0.8 cm., expansa 1.3 cm., diam., valvis anguste alatis, carinis parallelis, apice leviter divergentibus, marginibus lacerulatis, tectis subnullis.
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Fruticulus erectus, ut videtur e reliquis, dormiens, foliis caducis; plantae dormientes tamen non visae; rami hornotini stricti rubro-brunnei, sparse papillati, papillis delapsis translucentibus, cum flore ad 31 cm. longi, ad 2 mm. diam., ramuli 6-9 cm. longi, angulati vel demum teretes saturateque grisei, internodiis 1-5.5 cm., saepius 2-3 cm., longis; folia opposita, fere erecta, in siccis plana, linearia vel oblonga vel oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, 1.4-4 cm. longa, 2-8 mm. lata, papillis crebris orbicularibus, ut videtur mox caduca, reliquis annularibus pallidis, vagina brevissima; flores solitarii, 2.5-5 cm. diam.; pedunculi 3-7.5 cm. longi, ad apicem cum receptaculo breviter turbinato, apice 7 mm. diam., dense papillosi; sepala 5, parum inaequilonga, ad 8 mm. longa, membranis 3 latissimis atro-brunneis; petala numerosa obtusa “rubro-aurantiaca” (fide Bolus), ad 2.2 cm. longa, ad 1.5 mm. lata; stamina numerosa erecta, filamentis glabris; stigmata ca. 2.5 mm. longa.
Petals pink, magenta or white, staminodes never black. Leaves triangular in cross section or flat. Erect, deciduous shrublet to 30 cm, with tuberous rootstock, branches reddish brown and papillate. Leaves deciduous, flat, papillate. Flowers solitary, magenta to reddish golden, to 80 mm diam. Fruits 5-locular, valve wings narrow.
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