Clonal, herbaceous perennial to 30 cm, grey-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles to 15 mm long, pubescent in lower half, usually scattered on stems, rare or absent elsewhere. Leaves ovate; lamina 15–30 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, sometimes larger, slightly discolorous, undulate to shallowly lobed; petiole 3–10 mm long. Inflorescence up to 12–flowered; peduncle usually to 10 mm long; rachis 1–2 cm long, sometimes up to 4 cm; pedicels 4–5 mm long, lengthening in fruit. Calyx 5–10 mm long; lobes triangular, 2–5 mm long; tube enlarged in fruit. Corolla shallowly campanulate-rotate, 20–35 mm diam., purple. Anthers 3–4 mm long. Fruiting calyx 7–10 mm diam. Berry globular, c. 7 mm diam., colour not known; fruiting pedicels 10–15 mm long. Seeds 4–5 mm long, dark.
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