Shrubs erect, 40-50 cm tall, much branched. Bark gray-brown, exfoliating; branches curved; branchlets densely papillate. Petiole short, base articulate; leaf blade gray-green abaxially, green adaxially, orbicular or broadly elliptic, 1-1.5 × 1-1.3 cm, subleathery, abaxially with prominent midvein and conspicuous lateral veins, adaxially with conspicuous midvein, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin crisped, apex obtuse; ocrea brown, oblique, membranous, apex acute. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, lax, 3-5 cm; bracts brown, funnel-shaped, membranous, each 2-or 3-flowered. Pedicel 3-4 mm, articulate at middle. Perianth pinkish or white, 5-parted; tepals obovate, ca. 4 mm, veined, apex obtuse. Stamens 8, included; filaments dilated at base. Styles 3, connate to below middle; stigmas 3, capitate. Achenes included in persistent perianth, black-brown, slightly shiny, broadly ovoid, trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, densely granular puncticulate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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