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Flowers 1·5–3 cm. in diam., red, solitary, axillary and forming racemes or panicles at the apices of the stems by reduction of the upper leaves; peduncle up to 3·5 cm. long, hairy like the stems, articulated 5–8 mm. below the apex.
Perennial herb up to 1·5 m. tall; stems with fuscous-stellate hairs and a finer pale green stellate pubescence.
Epicalyx of 6–7 (10) bracts, equalling or exceeding the calyx; bracts 4–7 mm. long, filiform.
Calyx up to 5 mm. long, fuscous-pilose; lobes 4–5 × 2·2–5 mm., ovate-lanceolate.
Staminal tube 3 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1–2 mm. long.
Capsule 8–10 × 10–12 mm., depressed-subglobose, puberulous.
Petals 12–18 mm. long, obovate.
Seeds with white silky floss.
Style-branches 2–5 mm. long.
