Shrubs up to 1 m high, young parts usually with dense whitish stellate hairs. Leaves opposite-subopposite on young stems, but crowded in fascicles on the often swollen nodes of older stems, mostly elliptic, 15-25 x 10-15 mm, lateral venation inconspicuous; petioles 4-8 mm long. Inflorescence: heads 3-5-flowered, arising singly and centrally from crowded leaf fascicles; peduncles often whitish pubescent, 15-25 mm long; calyx rim often with minute but distinct tufts of hairs; bracts at least half or more the length of ovary and calyx tube. Berries red, 13-15 mm long. Flowering October to March and possibly longer. Fig. 12.