Shrub up to 3 m tall; stems, leaves and calyces ± densely pubescent with stellate hairs or glabrous, and with glandular tubercles secreting a glutinous resin. Leaves alternate on long shoots or clustered on short shoots, simple, elliptic or oblanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.5–5.5 x 0.4–2.5 cm, subentire to distinctly dentate or crenate in the apical half, narrowing towards the base into a short petiole. Flowers on articulated pedicel up to c. 15 mm long; bracteoles entire to pinnatifid. Calyx 10–20 mm long, with 3–5 mm long lobes, each usually with a horn-like projection near the apex. Petals orange, free part c. 7–10 x 5–6.5 mm. Capsules broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 7–15 x 6–12 mm. Seeds 4–5 x 2–2.5 mm; aril white, usually 3–4 mm long.