Herbs, 30-80 cm tall, perhaps perennial, perhaps ascending; stems glabrous, when dry brownish yellow. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade drying thinly papery, adaxially grayish brown, abaxially brownish yellow, oblong-lanceolate to subelliptic, 4-9 × 1.5-3.5 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose on principal veins, base cuneate and somewhat decurrent, apex acuminate or subacute; secondary veins 11-13 pairs; stipules triangular, 6-7 mm, long acuminate, usually 2-parted. Inflorescences paniculiform, many flowered, together with peduncles 7-10 cm, glabrous; bracteoles subulate or linear, 2-3 mm; pedicels short. Calyx glabrous; hypanthium portion obconic, ca. 1 mm; lobes sublanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla white or pale purple, funnelform, glabrous outside; tube ca. 9 mm; lobes subtriangular, ca. 3 mm, apically rostrate-incurved. Capsules unknown. Fl. Mar.
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