Evergreen shrub (in extremely dry periods all or most leaves can fall), hermaphrodite, up to 1(1.5) m in height, highly ramose, whitish in overall appearance due to the characteristic tomentum that covers it. Stems with greyish bark and young branchlets with numerous stellate hairs and some simple hairs. Leaves 1.5-6.5 \u00d7 0.5-2.5 cm, opposite, \u00b1 ovate or elliptical, flat, sometimes with somewhat revolute margin, sessile, subamplexicaul, densely tomentose-whitish, covered with stellate hairs on both sides, and also with simple hairs on the upper side. Flowers relatively large, 4-7 cm in diameter, with long pedicel (0.5-3 cm), terminal, solitary or grouped. Sepals 5, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, all \u00b1 equal, densely covered with stellate hairs. Petals 5, 15-30 \u00d7 15-20 mm, pinkish-purple, with yellow base, 2-3 times longer than the sepals. Fruit an ovoid capsule 7-13 mm long, hairy, which opens into 5 valves when mature. Seeds numerous, \u00b1 tetrahedral and with almost smooth surface. 2n = 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12957","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n