Tall shrub; twigs densely sericeous, angular. Lvs irregularly verticillate or opposite, finely sericeous above and below when young but almost glabrous above when older, entire, obovate to elliptic, acute to obtuse or slightly retuse, mucronate, (30)-35-55-(80) mm long; midvein prominent; petiole 2-5 mm long; stipules sericeous, linear, 2-4 mm long. Infl. terminal, racemose, dense, with numerous fls; pedicels 3-5 mm long; bracts and bracteoles sericeous, deciduous. Calyx densely sericeous, calyx teeth = or > tube. Corolla orange-yellow, usually with reddish markings, c. 10-15 mm long. Pod densely sericeous, ribbed and very hard, dehiscent through the apex only, half-moon shaped, 6-8-seeded, 13-17 mm long; seeds dull reddish black, scarcely strophiolate.