Diffusely or stiffly branched shrub to 2.5 m. tall. Branchlets glab. to finely pubescent, stout, length of internodes much > diam. Lvs spreading, (3)-6-12-(14) × 1-3 cm., narrow-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, coriac. and often almost fleshy; lf-bud without sinus; lamina subacute, entire, glab. except for occ. fine pubescence above midrib or on margin near base. Infls lateral, simple, c. 6-15 cm. long, peduncle 1-2 cm. Pedicels 2-5 mm. long, > small ciliolate bracts. Calyx-lobes short and broad, c. 2.5 × 2 mm., some or all quite obtuse, ciliolate, us. with stomata. Corolla large and open, tube 2-4 mm. wide, lobes 3-6 mm. long, broad and rounded, the lateral lobes ± cordate. Capsule large, 6-12 mm. long, glab., much > calyx.

2n = 80

n = 40 bivalents

2n = 120

2n = 80

2n = 80