Main features of the subsection :
Shrubs, sometimes dwarf and creeping, or small trees. Leaves narrowly elliptic to orbicular, lower surface glabrous to densely covered with a whitish or buff to rufous indumentum that is either compacted or lanate, composed of rosulate , ramiform or rhombic hairs. Inflorescence lax or dense, 1-12(-20)-flowered. Calyx minute to well-developed and cupular , often coloured. Corolla 5-lobed, white or yellow to pink or deep red, usually fleshy, tubular-campanulate to campanulate, with nectar pouches . Stamens 10. Ovary tomentose , with or without stalked glands , or glabrous ; style glabrous.
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