Prostrate to procumbent, many-stemmed herb. Tuber up to 0.15 m diameter, sub-spherical. Aerial stems annual, procumbent, up to 0.4 m long, 2-4 mm diameter, pubescent to velutinous, brown, branching lateral. Leaves spreading, petiolate; petiole 3-13 mm long, velutinous; blade (30-)50-65 x 10-30 mm, narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong-obovate, coriaceous, above dark green, velutinous, beneath pale green, densely velutinous, secondary veins patent to divaricate and 13-22 to a side, apex truncate, mucronate or acute, often recurved, base obtuse to tapering. Inflorescences axillary at apical 3-5 nodes, compact, globose, many-flowered fascicle of monochasia, densely velutinous, peduncles 3-7 mm long, pedicels 3-4 mm long; bracts 2-3 mm long, acicular. Sepals 23 x ±1 mm, narrowly triangular to narrowly ovate, outside densely pubescent, apex attenuate. Corolla tube ±1 mm long, campanulate, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; lobes 3-4 x 2 mm, narrowly ovate to narrowly ovate-triangular, outside pubescent, inside papillose, green or greenish-yellow, base maroon to violet, apex obtuse to acute. Corona reddish to purple, papillose; coronal feet dilated, fleshy, tri-segmented, free; central segment ±2 mm long, subulate, apex simple or deeply bifid; lateral segments ±1 mm long, subulate or triangular, apex 3-4-fid. Stamens from inner face of coronal feet; filament bases ±0.7 mm long, columnar, fleshy, filiform part of filaments ±0.5 mm long; anthers ±2 mm, narrowly ovate, whitish, full length slits, apex acute. Ovaries ±0.5 mm long; style ±2 mm long, terete; style-head 1.5 x 1 mm, ovoid, apex acute; translators 0.7-0.9 mm long, spoon elliptic. Gynostegium in corolla mouth. Follicles solitary, pendulous, 35-45 x 1215 mm, ovoid, apex acute. Seeds 7-8 mm long, obliquely obovate, brown; coma 10-15 mm long, silvery white.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a flattened round tuber. This can be 15 cm across. The stems are 40 cm long and lie along the ground. They are velvety and brown. The leaves are opposite and narrowly oval. They are 3-6 cm long and leathery. They are dark green and velvety above. They are pale green and more velvety underneath. The flowers occur as many together in rounded heads. The lobes are oval or triangle shaped and 4 mm long by 2 mm wide. They are velvety. They are dark red or violet at the base. The fruit is a single follicle that hangs down. It is oval and 4 cm long. It ends in a point.
Procumbent herb, 50-100 mm, velutinous. Sepals 2-4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than corolla tube. Corona lobes trifid. Flowers lime-green to green or green striped purple; corona purple.
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