Bracts 2–4, 3–5 × 0.5–1 mm, elliptic to narrowly ovate, acute to acuminate, membranous or scarious, villous inside, margins ciliate, brownish.
Calyx tube 3.5–6 mm long, glabrous, articulated; lobes 1 × 0.3–0.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous.
Flowers 4-merous, crimson outside, yellow inside; pedicel short, villous, hairs to 2 mm long.
Inflorescences (1)2–11-flowered heads, sessile in axils of leaves.
Stamens sessile or subsessile; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm long, included.
Branches glabrous to tangled hairy above; bark brownish.
Ovary 1–2 mm long, glabrous; style 1–2 mm long.
Fastigiate shrub or undershrub, 20–60 cm tall.
Petals minute or absent.