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Erect shrub, 0.9-1.5 m high. Leaves 4-nate, 3-4 mm long, erect-spreading, oblong or cuneate-oblong, acute, roughly hispid and pectinate-ciliate with rigid, pallid hairs especially on edges, thick and rigid. Flowers 4-nate, terminal; peduncles < 2 mm long, stout, pubescent; bracts approximate, foliaceous. Calyx sepals 4-5 mm long, foliaceous, no distinct claw. Corolla 14-18 mm long, tubular, slightly inflated in middle, contracted at throat, puberulous all over with, also, longer, shaggy or barbellate hairs on upper part, white or pink or carmine-red to rose; lobes short, slightly spreading, obtuse. Anthers included, ± 1.8 mm long, lateral, oblong, muticous; pore 3/5 length of theca. Ovary turbinate, villous with long, silky hairs; style exserted; stigma capitate. Flowering time Oct.-Jan, mainly Dec., Jan.
Erect shrub up to 90 cm (3 ft) or so, with slender, pubescent branches. Leaves 4-nate, 3-4 mm long, erect-spreading, oblong or cuneate-oblong, acute, roughly hispid and pectinate-ciliate with rigid, pallid hairs, thick and rigid. Flowers 4-nate terminal; peduncles less than 2 mm long, stout, pubescent; bracts approximate, foliaceous. Sepals 4-5 mm long, foliaceous. Corolla 1.4-1.8 cm long, tubular, slightly inflated in the middle, contracted at the throat, puberulous all over with, also, longer, shaggy or barbellate hairs on the upper part, pink or white; lobes short, slightly spreading, obtuse. Anthers included, 1.75 mm long, lateral, oblong, muticous; pore 3/5 the length of the cell. Ovary turbinate, villous with long, silky hairs; style exserted; stigma capitate.
Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers large, tubular, carmine-red to rose, sometimes white, hairy.
