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Flowers 1·5 cm. in diam., red, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves and leaf-like bracts; peduncle 1–5 cm. long, articulated mm. below the apex.
Calyx 5–12 mm. long, stellate-tomentose; lobes up to 12 × 4·5 mm., lanceolate-triangular, shortly connate at the base.
Epicalyx of c. 7 bracts; bracts 5–6 × 1·5–2 mm., linear or linear-oblong.
Staminal tube 2 mm. long; free parts of filaments 3–3·5 mm. long.
Shrub or perennial herb 1·5 m. tall; stems densely tomentose.
Capsule 8–10 mm. in diam., subglobose, minutely pubescent.
Petals 10–20 × 5–10 mm., obovate.
Style-branches 5–6 mm. long.
Seeds with silky floss.
