Perennial herb with woody base, 0.2–1 m high, multi-stemmed at base. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, green to glaucous; lamina 18–85 mm long or rarely less, 1.5–20 mm wide. Inflorescence: rachis 4–13 cm long at maturity; involucral bracts 7–12, narrowly ovate, 10–13.5 mm long, 1.5–4 mm wide, deciduous, with short and long hairs, long-ciliate. Flowers yellow towards base, red above. Hypanthium circumscissile above ovary, 10.5–13 mm long, hairy inside; ovary-portion with long antrorse hairs; style-portion with long antrorse hairs at base and short hairs above. Sepals 4–5 mm long. Stamens greatly exceeding sepals.
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