Rigid, intricate shrub to 50 cm, grey-green; leaves, pedicels and calyx pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles 5–15 mm long, scattered on stems, occasionally on upper leaf-surface, often paired at base of petiole. Leaves ovate-elliptic; lamina 7–12 mm long, 5–9 mm wide, discolorous, entire; upper surface glabrescent, hairs dense on lower surface; petiole 2–4 mm long. Flowers solitary or paired; peduncle absent or up to 5 mm long; pedicels 7–8 mm, long sometimes to 12 mm. Calyx 3–4.5 mm long; lobes obtusely triangular, 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, 15–30 mm diam., mauve. Anthers 3.5–5 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., yellow. Seeds 3–4 mm long, light grey-brown.
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