Glabrous pruinose perennial; stem erect or decumbent at the base, 0.6–2 m. high.. Leaves petiolate, peltate or auriculate; basal leaves suborbicular, cuneate or slightly cordate at the base, margins entire; upper leaves lanceolate; petioles of median leaves 3–10 cm. long, ± terete, slightly broadened at the base.. Inflorescence a paniculate cyme, up to 35 cm. long.. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 9–16 mm. long, 3–5 mm. wide, acute, connate at the base for 1–2 mm.. Corolla-tube greenish, limb cream outside, cream, yellow, pink or salmon-pink inside; tube 17–21 mm. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 8–11 mm. long, 3–5.5 mm. wide, mucronate (mucro ± 1 mm. long).. Anthers with apical glands ± 0.25 mm. in diameter; episepalous stamens included 1–2.5 mm. within the tube, anthers oblong, ± 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide; epipetalous stamens exserted, anthers oblong, 1.4–1.6 mm. long, 0.8–0.9 mm. wide.. Nectary scales linear-subulate, 2.5–5 mm. long.. Carpels linear-lanceolate, 10–12 mm. long, attenuate into styles 6–9 mm. long.
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