Shrub c. 2 m high. Young shoots, petioles & inflor. branches fawn tomentose. Leaves strongly bullate, dark green and with impressed veins above, whitish tomentose beneath. Inflor. dome-shaped. Flowers nearly finished. Corolla white, c. 3.5 mm long & 6-6.5 mm across; lobes c. 2.5 mm diam., broadly rounded ovate, recurving. Stamens > corolla lobes.