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Flowers 1–1·5 cm. in diam., pink or purplish, solitary or 2–5-fascicled, axillary or in terminal racemes; peduncle 1–2 cm. long, slender, pubescent.
Perennial herb or shrub up to 2 m. tall; stems sparsely pilose and with a longitudinal line of hairs changing its radial position at each node.
Capsule 6–10 mm. in diam., depressed-globose, 5-angled, hispid with long hairs on the angles.
Calyx 4–7 mm. long, 5-lobed, pubescent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly joined at the base.
A scrambling herb or shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be 2 m tall.
Staminal tube 4·5 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long.
Epicalyx of 7–10 bracts; bracts 3–5 mm. long, narrowly linear.
Flowers pink or white, with reddish or purplish centre.
Petals up to 12 × 8 mm., obovate, pubescent.
Seeds 2 × 1·5 mm., nearly glabrous.
Style-branches 2–2·5 mm. long.
Prostrate or scrambling
