Hermaphrodite shrub, up to 2.5(3) m in height, erect, denser than the previous species. Trunk well defined, sometimes branched from the base, with brown-purple bark. Branches open, extended-upright, reddish-purple; younger branches green, covered with a dense tomentum of small stellate hairs and pediculate-fasciculate hairs. Leaves (3-15.5 \u00d7 2-13.5 cm) \u00b1 ovate, with 3-5 lobes from acute to obtuse, which may be \u00b1 pronounced; leaf blade flat, undulate or slightly folded, margin with wide obtuse teeth, from cordate to subtruncate at the base; green and tomentose on both sides. Petiole shorter than the leaf. Flowers solitary, axillary, with peduncle much shorter than the petiole of the leaf on whose axil the flower is borne. Epicalyx with parts slightly longer than half the calyx, fused halfway. Calyx with lobes 5-8 mm, ovate-acuminate. Epicalyx and calyx covered with the same tomentum as branchlets and leaves. Petals purple, with slightly darker venation. Stamens large and showy, with purple filaments, fused, and white anthers. Fruit enclosed inside the accrescent calyx, composed of 17-19 mericarps arranged around a conical axis, monospermous, villous, yellowish when mature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13062","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n