Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 2 m in height, and even more on better soils where it has never been cut (up to 3.5 m). However, it most commonly grows as a subshrub of just over 1 m in height. Irregular in shape, very ramose. Stems and branches erect, with reddish-brown bark. Young branches brown-yellowish or whitish, with prominent ribs, first somewhat hairy, then glabrous. Leaves (4-8 \u00d7 0.6-0.9 mm) generally in whorls of 4, narrowly linear, with revolute margin that reveals only a thin whitish hairy line on the underside. Upper side bright green, shiny, glabrous. Petiole very short. Inflorescence multiflorous in unilateral elongated racemes, arranged at the end of the branchlets, with 1-2 flowers on the axil of each leaf. Pedicel 2-5 mm, with 2-3 bracteoles on the upper half. Sepals free, oblong-lanceolate, pinkish or reddish-brown. Corolla 5-7 mm, ovoid-tubular, from whitish-pink to deep pink. Anthers and style exserted or subexserted; anthers without appendages. Fruit in capsule, 3-4 mm, ellipsoid, glabrous. Seeds 0.9-1.2 mm, ellipsoid, with surface glossy and finely reticulated-alveolate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13191","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n