Herbs, procumbent at base, to 15 cm tall; stems drying black, subglabrous. Leaves in unequal pairs; petiole 1-3 cm, subglabrous; blade drying papery, purple on veins, obovate or ovate, 6-18 × 3-6.5 cm, adaxially sparsely hirtellous-strigose, abaxially subglabrous or villous on veins, base cuneate, apex obtuse to subacute; secondary veins 10-14 pairs; stipules often persistent, ovate, 6-8 mm, ciliate, acuminate. Inflorescence cymose, many flowered, densely villous, pendulous; peduncle ca. 3 cm, arching; principal axes 2 or 3 pairs, helicoid; bracts linear, 8-15 × 1-1.4 mm, sparsely pinnately veined, sparsely ciliate. Flowers with biology unknown, subsessile. Calyx with hypanthium compressed turbinate, ca. 2 mm, 5-ribbed, densely multicellular villous; lobes linear, 6-7 mm, hispidulous along costa. Corolla in bud with color unknown, 5-winged, wings ciliate. Capsules unknown. Fl. Nov.
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