HABIT	A HERB OR SHRUB, 1.2-2.6 M TALL.
STEMS	STEM AND BRANCHES OBTUSELY 4-ANGLED, DEEPLY GROOVED ON OPPOSITE SIDES, FINELY TOMENTOSE.
LEAVES	UPPER LEAVES OVATE-LANCEOLATE, 5.6-8.5 CM LONG AND 1.5-2.6 CM WIDE, ACUTE AT BASE; LOWER LEAVES OVATE TO BROADLY OVATE, 4-20 CM LONG AND 3-15 CM WIDE, BROADLY ROUNDED OR TRUNCATE AT BASE; ALL LEAVES ACUTE TO SUBACUTE AT APEX WITH CRENATE-SERRATE MARGINS.
FLOWERS	ORANGE-SCARLET, BRISTLY, BORNE IN DENSE, GLOBOSE, AXILLARY WHORLS, 3.8-6.3 CM IN DIAMETER; FLORAL LEAVES LANCEOLATE, DEFLEXED; BRACTS LINEAR, UP TO 16 MM LONG, STRONGLY SPINOUS-POINTED, DEFLEXED, PUBESCENT.
FRUITS	NUTLETS OBLONG-OVOID, ABOUT 0.4 CM IN DIAMETER, OBLIQUELY TRUNCATE WITH RIBBED MARGINS.