Main features of the subsection :
Prostrate to erect shrubs, to 1.5m ; young shoots densely scaly , glabrous, or if setose then the setae quickly deciduous. Leaves evergreen, scales on lower surface of leaves overlapping , arranged in several tiers, the upper tier sometimes with stalks. Inflorescence terminal, 1-3(-5)-flowered. Calyx deeply 5-lobed . Corolla open-funnel-campanulate ; stamens 10, declinate ; ovary impressed below the declinate style. Seeds unwinged and obscurely finned.
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