Subshrubs to 1 m, glabrous except for young parts and inflorescences. Stems and branches straw colored, striate. Petiole ca. 2 mm, with 2 or 3 glands grouped adaxially; leaf blade obtriangular or obovate, 2-3 × 1.5-2.5 cm, fleshy, subleathery when dry, base cuneate, apex retuse, rarely truncate; lateral veins obscure. Inflorescences sessile or subsessile. Pedicel 0.3-5.5 cm, pubescent. Sepals ovate-oblong, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, hirsute. Corolla hirsute; tube ca. 6 × 3 mm; lobes triangular, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, erect. Margins of corona lobes meet at middle. Anthers oblong, apical membrane acuminate, longer than corona lobes; pollinia nearly square; gynostegium shorter than corolla tube. Stigma head long, beaked at apex, exceeding anthers. Follicles linear-lanceolate, ca. 6.5 cm × 4 mm. Seeds oblong, ca. 3 × 1 mm; coma ca. 2 cm. Fl. Jul.
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