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Shrubs, 2(–5) m tall; branches many and fine, densely shiny brown appressed-setose, setae flat. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 2–6 mm. Leaf blade ovate, elliptic-ovate or obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 × 0.5–3 cm; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; margin slightly revolute, finely toothed; apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescence 2–3(–6)-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.8 cm, densely shiny brown appressed-setose; calyx deeply lobed; lobes triangular-long-ovate, ca. 5 mm, coarsely appressed-hairy, margin ciliate; corolla broadly funnelform, rose, bright to dark red, or white to rose-pink, with dark red flecks on upper lobes, 3.5–4 × 1.5–2 cm, lobes obovate, 2.5–3 cm; stamens 10, ca. as long as corolla, filaments pubescent below; ovary ovoid, 10-locular, densely shiny brown-strigose; style exserted, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, up to 10 mm, densely strigose, calyx persistent. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jun–Aug.
A shrub. It grows about 2 m tall. The summer and winter leaves are different. The leaves are oval and 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and the edges are rolled. There are fine teeth along the edge. The flowers are in groups of 2-3. They are funnel shaped and red, pink or with dark red flecks.
