Herbs, creeping, perhaps perennial, ascending at apices; stems sparsely to densely pubescent. Petiole 2-6 mm, pubescent; leaf blade drying papery, leaden to pale gray, cordiform-rounded to broadly ovate, 0.7-1.5(-1.8) × 0.5-1.2 cm, adaxially sparsely hirsute, abaxially usually glabrous or subglabrous, base cordulate to broadly obtuse, apex subacute; secondary veins 3-5 pairs; stipules deeply 2-lobed, glabrescent, lobes linear-subulate, 2-3 mm. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered, puberulent to pilosulous; peduncles short; bracteoles linear, ca. 1.7 mm; pedicels 1-2 mm. Flowers distylous, pedicellate. Calyx hispidulous to glabrescent; hypanthium portion obconic, ca. 1 mm; lobes oblong-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, with gland in each sinus. Corolla white, slenderly funnelform, subglabrous outside; tube ca. 11 mm, in throat densely villous; lobes subovate, ca. 4 mm, sparsely pinnatinerved. Capsules subglobose-obconic, ca. 1.4 mm, persistent calyx lobes 3-4 mm, valves 4, straight. Fl. early spring.
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