Small bush up to about 3 m tall, young branches densely stellate-puberulent or toÂmentellous, later glabrescent with smooth greyish or greyish purple bark; branches rather stiff. Leaves often clustered on abbreÂviated side-shoots; leaf-blade up to 20 x 16 mm, broadly elliptic, obovate, broadly ovate or rotund, apex obtuse, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin finely crenate or alÂmost entire, densely stellate-puberulent above at first but soon glabrescent, greyish toÂmentellous below; petiole 1-2 mm long, toÂmentellous; stipules about 2 mm long, caduÂcous, linear, tomentellous. Inflorescences reduced to a single flower opposite the leaves; peduncles 2-3 mm long, tomentellous; pedÂicels similar; bracts linear, similar to the seÂpals, very caducous. Sepals up to 15 x 3 mm, linear-lanceolate, apex subacute, 3-nerved and tomentellous outside, glabrous within. Petals pink or mauve, slightly shorter than the sepals, blade narrowly elliptic, basal nectariÂferous claw scarcely wider than the base of the blade, 1,5 mm long, circumvillous wi
