Spreading shrub to 2 m, sometimes prostrate, with lignotuber. New shoots appressed-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves with petiole 2-6 mm long; lamina oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 cm long, 5-12 mm wide, obtuse or sometimes acute, entire or sometimes with a few apical teeth, smooth above, openly reticulate below; margins thickened, slightly recurved. Conflorescence terminal or in upper axil; rachis 1.5-5 cm long, rusty-villous; bracts ovate, 3-6 mm long, scarious, with ciliate margins. Perianth 4-6 mm long, white to pale yellow, glabrous. Hypogynous glands linear-oblong, obtuse, 0.2 mm long. Gynoecium 4-6.5 mm long; ovary villous. Follicle obliquely oblong-obovate, 15-20 mm long, appressed-pubescent. Seed not seen.
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