Main features of the subsection :
Shrubs, sometimes dwarf, to small trees. Leaves linear to broadly elliptic, lower surface covered with a dense one- or two-layered, lanate, felted or compacted indumentum composed of radiate, ramiform or fasciculate hairs, or (more rarely) sparse or lacking. Inflorescence usually dense, 5-20-flowered. Calyx minute to 12mm. Corolla 5(-7)-lobed, white or yellow to pink or purplish, campanulate or funnel-campanulate, nectar pouches lacking. Stamens 10(-14). Ovary glabrous to densely tomentose , sometimes also glandular , style glabrous or glandular.
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