Shrublet, a weak to fairly strong perennial, usually branching near the base; branches upright, spreading or prostrate, usually branched again 20-60 cm long, new growth grey-stellate-tomentose, tomentum interspersed in parts with scattered red-brown, bunched hairs. Stipules subulate 4-14 mm long. Leaves linear-lanceolate linear-oblong, narrowly oblong or narrowly ovate-oblong, rounded at base and apex, rarely apex truncate and very shallowly lobed, 2.4-12 cm long, 0.4-2 cm broad, rarely 2.5 cm broad, discolourous, lower surface grey-tomentose with golden-brown, lepidote, stellate-pilose scales bearing short or long hairs upper surface fairly sparsely pubescent with mostly rather long single, (or rarely about 3 in a cluster), subappressed hairs, lying ± in the same direction or glabrous; margins entire, very rarely shallowly lobed in part; lateral veins few, impressed above, prominent beneath, not excurrent; petiole 0.2-1.2 cm long, rarely 1.5 cm long, grey tomentose. Inflorescence axillary 1-2-flowered; peduncles 3-32 mm long, ultimately longer than the petioles which range from 2-12 mm, frequently in the single flowered inflorescence the peduncle and pedicels are indistinguishable. Epicalyx-bracts from narrowly to broadly ovate-acuminate, shallowly to deeply cordate at the base and abruptly narrowed in a short basal claw, about 8-15 mm long and 2-6.5 mm broad, thinly to densely stellate-tomentose on both surfaces. Calyx with lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter or longer than the epicalyx, 8-14 mm long, 2.5-4 mm broad, dorsally grey-tomentose, sparsely to very densely interspersed with bunched or stellate golden-brown, bristle-like hairs. Petals yellow, broadest at the apex cuneate, about 12 mm long and 8 mm broad at apex. Stamens about 4 mm long, alternating with linear-ligulate staminodes somewhat longer than the stamens. Ovary subglobose densely tomentose and bristly with bunched or stellate hairs; style 1.5-3.75 mm long with branches half to three quarters as long; ovules 6-8 in a cell.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.6 m high, usually branching near base. Stems erect, decumbent or procumbent; stellate-pubescent, interspersed in parts with scattered reddish brown, bunched hairs. Leaves with blade discolorous, narrowly ovate or narrowly obovate-oblong, 24-120 x 4-20 mm, base rounded, apex mucronate, margins entire, upper surface sparsely pubescent, veins impressed above, lower surface greyish tomentose. Flowers: axillary, 1-or 2-flowered; epicalyx bracts and calyx sepals narrowly ovate; corolla with petals obovate, ± 12 mm long, yellow; Oct.-May.
Shrublet, usually branching near base. Leaves with entire margins, upper surface pilose, early glabrescent, veins impressed above, lamina mostly narrower than 25 mm. Flowers yellow.
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