Erect woody shrub, dark green, pubescent with minute stellate hairs; hairs sparse or absent on upper leaf-surface, dense on lower surface; prickles 4–10 mm long, scattered to abundant on stems, rare or absent elsewhere. Leaves linear-oblong; lamina mostly 3–6 cm long, 6–10 mm wide, discolorous, entire; petiole 3–5 mm long, sometimes longer. Inflorescence short, 1–5–flowered; peduncle to 6 mm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long, lengthened in fruit. Calyx 3–4 mm long; lobes oblong or triangular, 1–2 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, 10–15 mm diam., pale blue or white. Anthers 3–5 mm long. Berry globular, 5–8 mm diam., bright red; fruiting pedicels 1.2–2 cm long. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, pale yellow or brown.
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