An undershrub 2–3 ft. high, densely tomentose on the leaves and lower part of the stem, glandular-hairy on the upper part of the stem, on the pedicels, bracts, calyx and capsule. Leaves 2–3 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, cordate or subtruncate at the base, serrate-crenate, slightly rugose on the upper side, shortly petiolate, the upper sessile. Raceme 9–12 in. long, lax, sparingly branched at the base; bracts 4–5 lin. long, 2–4 lin. broad, ovate, acuminate, more or less dentate; pedicels stout, 1–1 1/4 in. long. Calyx 3 lin. long; segments 3/4–1 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic, acute. Corolla 1 in. or more in diam., apparently yellow. Filaments of the shorter stamens very hairy, of the longer hairy only a little at the base; anthers of the shorter stamens reniform, transverse, of the longer oblong and parallel to the filaments. Capsule slightly longer than the calyx, ovoid, obtuse.
