Shrubs spreading to erect, 0.5-1.5 m. Twigs terete, viscid, sparsely stipitate-glandular, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves deciduous, alternate; petiole 2-4 mm, stipitate-glandular; blade oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 2-6 × 0.5-3 cm, margins plane or slightly revolute, apex obtuse to acute, apiculate, abaxial surface stipitate-glandular, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular, midrib usually puberulent. Inflorescences axillary in distal end, racemes or fascicles, 3-10-flowered. Pedicels 1-3 mm. Flowers: sepals usually green, oblong, 3-4 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous to sparsely stipitate-glandular; petals connate their entire lengths, creamy white with red band adaxially, 12-14 × 13-20 mm, abaxial surface sparsely stipitate-glandular, adaxial puberulent near base; filaments 2.7-3.9 mm; style 7-11.5 mm. Capsules 5-locular, 2.5-3.5 × 4-6 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular. Seeds not winged, oblong, 0.5-0.8 mm. 2n = 24.
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