Low multistemmed spreading to weakly erect shrub, 30-50 cm tall. Leaves (30-) 50-90 (-100) mm long, (8-) 20-25 (-40) mm wide, narrowly oblong-elliptic in gross outline or occasionally obovate-cuneate or rarely broadly elliptic, dentate to pinnatifid with (3-) 7-17 marginal teeth or shallow subtriangular lobes spaced ±evenly about margins in apical 1/3-2/3, often also a few scattered small leaves simple and entire; teeth and lobes 1-5 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, weakly pungent; margins flat to very shortly recurved; lower surface tomentose with ascending wavy biramous hairs. Unit conflorescence erect to gently decurved, secund to irregular; floral rachis 9-25 mm long. Flower colour: perianth purplish red to deep maroon; style (including style-end) crimson. Perianth outer surface with subvillous gingery limb (biramous hairs only), below limb with intermixed pale biramous and purplish glandular hairs. Pistil 33-40 mm long; stipe 1.0-1.5 mm long; style with scattered pale long biramous hairs in basal 2-5 mm and with scattered minute purplish glandular hairs over basal half. Follicle villous (immature only seen).
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