Spreading shrub 0.3-1 m tall. Branchlets angular, subsericeous. Leaves narrowly elliptic to ovate, 0.5-2 cm long, 3-9 mm wide; upper surface foveolate, glossy, with midvein scarcely apparent; margins slightly recurved; lower surface subsericeous. Conflorescence terminal and axillary, decurved to pendulous, pedunculate, regular and cylindrical or shortly so, many-flowered; floral rachis 7-30 mm long. Flowers acroscopic. Flower colour: perianth rusty brown outside, with inner surface (displayed) bright red; style reddish pink to red. Perianth subsericeous outside, bearded inside. Pistil 10-11 mm long; style gently curved, with minute scattered hairs in apical 4-6 mm; pollen-presenter strongly oblique. Follicle ellipsoidal, 10-15 mm long, finely wrinkled.
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