Erect or rounded, intricate shrub to 1 m, sparingly clonal, usually rusty-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; hairs dense on lower leaf-surface, sparser on upper surface; prickles 5–12 mm long, conspicuous on stems, often paired at base of petioles, absent elsewhere. Leaves orbicular to broadly orbicular; lamina 4–10 mm diam., sometimes larger, slightly discolorous, entire; petiole 2–4 mm long. Inflorescence short, 1–2–flowered; peduncle to 5 mm long; pedicels 3–6 mm long, slightly longer in fruit. Calyx 2.5–5 mm long; lobes broadly triangular, 0.5–1 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, 20–25 mm diam., purple-blue. Anthers 5–6 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., yellow. Seeds 2.5–3 mm diam., pale buff.
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