suffruticose, diffuse or procumbent, stellato-canescent; branches tomentose; leaves on short petioles, oblong, obtuse, flat, denticulate, velvetty and canescent, especially on the lower side; stipules subulate; fl. stalks axillary, deflexed, as long as the leaf, bracteate near the summit, bracts subulate; calyx stellate and villous, deeply 5-parted, the lobes subulate; petals much shorter than the calyx, spoon-shaped; filaments narrow-obovate, much shorter than the connivent and exserted anthers; ovary ovoid, tomentose; capsule truncate, as long as the calyx. More canescent than either of the preceding, with larger and more uniform leaves, and flowers distributed along the branches, not confined to their upper half. The pedicels are remarkably patent, with nodding flowers, and are gradually deflexed in fruit.
