Spreading shrub to 30 cm tall and 50 cm wide, yellowish-green, densely silky-pubescent with stellate hairs, the hairs frequently with glandular tips; prickles to 5 mm long, common on stems and calyx, rare or absent elsewhere. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate; lamina 3–7 cm long, 2.5–4.5 cm wide, sometimes larger, con– colorous, usually entire; petiole 1–3 cm long. Inflorescence short, 2–6–flowered; peduncle 1–2 (sometimes to 6) cm long; pedicels short. Calyx 7–10 mm long, enlarged in fruit; lobes obtusely triangular, 2–3 mm long. Corolla shallowly campanulate; tube 3–4 mm long; limb rotate, 2–3 cm diam., lilac-purple with green centre. Anthers 4–7 mm long. Berry globular, 10–20 mm diam., green or yellow when ripe; fruiting calyx 1–2 cm diam. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long, light grey-brown, margin paler.
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