Herbaceous perennial with annual stems to 40 cm, green, pubescent with glandular and stellate hairs; prickles 1–7 mm long, on stems, petiole, leaves, peduncles and calyx. Leaves ovate; lamina 3–6 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, concolorous, shallowly lobed; lobe margins undulate or lobed; petiole 2–6 cm long. Inflorescence short, 2–6– flowered; peduncle c. 10 mm long; pedicels 20 mm long. Calyx 7–8 mm long; lobes lanceolate, 5–6 mm long. Corolla stellate, shallowly incised, 20–40 mm diam., purple. Anthers 4–5 mm long. Berry globular, 10–13 mm diam., reported whitish or yellow. Seeds 2.5–3 mm long, pale grey-yellow.
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