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Flowers c. 2·5 cm. in diam., red, solitary, axillary and forming corymbose clusters at the apices of the stems; peduncles up to 3–4 cm. long, articulated near the apex.
Calyx 10–11 mm. long, pilose outside, glabrous inside; lobes up to 10 × 3 mm., lanceolate, acute.
Petals 1·5–2 × 1–1·3 cm., obovate, stellate-pilose outside, glabrous inside.
Perennial herb c. 0·6 m. tall; stems erect, ± patent-stellate-pubescent.
Staminal tube 9–10 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1–1·5 mm. long.
Capsule 9–10 mm. in diam., subglobose, minutely pubescent.
Epicalyx of 8–9 bracts; bracts 3–5 mm. long, ciliate.
Seeds (immature) with a floss.
Style-branches 6·5 mm. long.
