HABIT	A MUCH-BRANCHED, PERENNIAL, USUALLY PRICKLY SHRUB, UP TO 3 M TALL.
STEMS	WITH WHITISH STEMS AND ROUNDED BRANCHES.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE, ELLIPTIC, ACUMINATE, LINEOLATE, BRISTLETIPPED, ENTIRE, 9-18 CM LONG AND 2.5-5.7 CM WIDE, GLABROUS ABOVE, YOUNG LEAVES OFTEN PUBESCENT BENEATH.
FLOWERS	ORANGE-YELLOW OR CREAM-COLOURED, SESSILE, BORNE IN AXILLARY FOLIACEOUS BRISTLE-TIPPED BRACTS.
FRUITS	CAPSULES OVOID, 1.8-2.5 CM LONG WITH A TAPERING BEAK, 2-SEEDED.
SEEDS	COMPRESSED, OVATE, CLOTHED WITH SILKY APPRESSED HAIRS.