Fine-stemmed shrublet up to about 0,6 m tall; stems finely pubescent on all sides. Leaf-blade up to 70 x 28 mm, membranous, lanÂceolate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, apex acute, base obÂtuse to slightly cordate, margin serrate or more rarely serrate-crenate, glabrous or sparsely pilose on both sides; petiole 5-25 mm long, slender, pubescent; stipules about 4 mm long, filiform, pubescent. InfloÂrescence of small (1-) 2-5-flowered cymes opposite the upper leaves; peduncles up to 25 mm long, pubescent; pedicels similar, up to 8 mm long; bracts filiform, similar to the stipuÂles. Sepals 10 x 2,5 mm, lanceolate, apex caudate, pubescent outside. Petals 8 x 4,5 mm, narrowly obovate, with a short basal claw ciliate on the margin. Androgynophore about 0,5 mm long, extended above into a puberulent or glabrous annulus. Stamens nuÂmerous, filamentous. Ovary 3-locular, trigoÂnously cylindric, pubescent; style about 3 mm long, slender, glabrous. Capsule 30-60 mm long, on a straight fruiting pedicel, trigonous, undivided at the apex; valves glabrous when mature; seeds numerous, dark grey, 1,5-2,2 x 0,9-1,2 mm.
