Sprawling, clonal, herbaceous perennial herb with stems to 25 cm long, green or yellow-green, sparsely pubescent with stellate hairs, the upper leaf-surface almost glabrous except along main veins; prickles to 6 mm long, scattered to abundant on most parts. Leaves ovate; lamina 5–10 cm long, 3–8 cm wide, concolorous, undulate to shallowly lobed; petiole 1–2 cm long. Inflorescence few–10–flowered; peduncle 2–4 cm long; rachis 1–5 cm long; pedicels 8–15 mm long. Calyx 5–8 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular, 3–5 mm long, slightly longer in fruit. Corolla broadly stellate to rotate, 25–40 mm diam., pale lavender-blue. Anthers 6–7 mm long. Berry 15–20 mm diam., pale yellow-green when ripe; fruiting calyx-lobes to 1 cm long. Seeds 3–3.5 mm diam., pale buff or yellow.
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