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Shrublet or perennial herb up to 1 m. tall; stems somewhat scabrous, stellate-setulose, hairs mainly appressed but often somewhat patent.
Flowers 1·5–2 cm. in diam., red or pink, solitary, axillary; peduncle up to 3 cm. long (often much shorter).
Calyx up to 9 mm. long, hispid; lobes 5–8 × 1·5–3 mm., triangular to narrowly triangular-lanceolate.
Petals 13–15 mm. long, narrowly obovate, stellate-setose outside, glabrous inside.
Staminal tube 7–10 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5–1 mm. long.
Epicalyx of 8–13 bracts; bracts 3·5–8 mm. long, linear-subulate.
Capsule 8–12 × 8–12 mm., ellipsoid to subglobose, pubescent.
Seeds with white silky floss.
Style-branches 4–5 mm. long.
