Shrubs, evergreen to deciduous, 0.6–4 m; young shoots scaly, puberulent. Petiole lacking bristles; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 3.5–6(–7.3) × 1.3–2.3 cm; base cuneate; margin without ciliae or bristles; apex acute; abaxial surface scales 3–5 × their own diameter apart, yellow or brown; adaxial surface ± without scales. Inflorescence lax. Pedicel (8–)10–18 mm, scaly, sometimes puberulent; calyx minute, discoid or undulate, sometimes ciliate; corolla broadly funnel-campanulate, white, sometimes flushed pink, to lilac, often with red or yellow flecks, to 3 cm. Capsule 11–18 mm. Fl. Apr–May.
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