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Sprawling, perennial subshrub to 60 cm high and 2 m wide, grey-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles 5–6 mm long, scattered to abundant on stems, petioles, peduncles and calyx, rare or absent elsewhere. Leaves ovate; lamina 4–13 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, slightly discolorous, shallowly lobed; petiole to 5 cm long. Inflorescence up to 8–flowered; peduncle to 5 cm long; rachis to 5 cm long; pedicels 1–2 cm long. Calyx 8–11 mm long; lobes triangular, 4–6 mm long; tube enlarged in fruit. Corolla broadly stellate to rotate, 25–30 mm diam., violet-blue. Anthers 4–6 mm long. Fruiting calyx 20–25 mm diam. Berry depressed globular, 10–15 mm diam., pale yellow-green when ripe, drying pale brown. Seeds 2.5 mm long, dark brown.
A shrub. It can be upright or lay over. It is 0.5 m high. Most parts of the plant are hairy. The leaves are very hairy. The leaves are oval and vary in size. The blade can be 3-6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. They are grey-green. The flowers are purple with yellow centres. They are 1.5-2 cm across. Several flowers occur together in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is nearly round. It is a fleshy berry. They are 1-1.5 cm across. They have a thorny calyx around them. The fruit are pale green when ripe. There are many seeds inside.
