Erect shrub to 1.3 m; branches, lower surface of leaves and outer surface of corolla moderately to densely villous with non-glandular, forked to much-branched hairs and smaller glandular hairs; upper surface of leaves, pedicels and calyx sparsely to moderately pubescent mainly with glandular hairs; non-glandular hairs also present. Leaves crowded, narrowly triangular to linear, sessile, usually 20–45 mm long, 1.5–5 mm wide, entire, the margins narrowly revolute. Flowers solitary or in 2–3– flowered cymes. Male flowers: pedicels 3–7.5 mm long; calyx 4–5 mm long; corolla 7–8 mm long, the tube 6–7 mm long; stamens 3–6 mm long; ovary 0.7–0.9 mm long, infertile. Female flowers similar but smaller: pedicels 1–3.5 mm long; calyx 4–5 mm long; corolla c. 6 mm long, the tube 5 mm long; stamens 4(5), 2–3 mm long, infertile; ovary 1.5 mm long, ovules 6–10. Capsule broadly ovoid-ellipsoid to subglobular, 3.5–4.5 mm long. Seeds c. 2 mm long.
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