Shrubs spreading to erect, 0.05-0.8 m. Twigs terete or slightly 2-angled proximal to node, viscid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves opposite; petiole absent or 0.1-2 mm, glabrous or puberulent; blade ovate or oval to broadly elliptic or lanceolate, 1.5-4 × 0.3-1.2(-1.8) cm, margins plane to slightly revolute, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface puberulent, adaxial glabrous or sparsely puberulent towards base, midribs of both surfaces without purple, stipitate trichomes. Pedicels 10-30 mm. Inflorescences solitary flowers or terminal, corymbiform racemes, (3-)6-12-flowered. Flowers: sepals light pink, pink, or light green, ovate, 2.7-3.6 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate; petals connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, usually rose-purple, rarely white, 7-9 × 8-20 mm, glabrous, puberulent near base abaxially; filaments 3-4.5 mm; style 4.5-7 mm. Capsules 5-locular, 3.5-6 × 4-7 mm, glabrous. Seeds winged, oblong, 0.5-1.4 mm. 2n = 24.
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A shrub. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves are opposite and sword shaped. The edges are rolled. The flowers are pink and purple and bell shaped.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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