Annual herb. Stems several, prostrate, up to ± 1 m long, glabrescent. Leaves secund, ovate-cordate, 10-45 x 7-35 mm, apex acute to rounded, margin crenate to crenate-dentate, crisped, sparsely pilose on both surfaces, pellu-cidly glandular when seen in transmitted light when dry; basal sinus wide and shallow, blade cuneately decurrent into 4-28 mm long, pilose petiole. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fasÂcicles; bracteoles ± 3 mm long; pedicel hairy, up to 20 mm long. Sepals unequal, hairy, ± 10 mm long, green suffused with purplish red; three outer ones ovate from cordate base; two inner ones lanceolate; all accrescent, becoming papyraceous with distinct veins, up to 15 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauvish pink with darker centre or occasionally white, 12-14 mm long. Capsule subglobose, densely pilose with long white hairs, 6-8 mm in diameter. Seeds black, hairy, 3.5 mm long. Flowering time January to April. Figure 14.
