Descripcion

Arbusto erecto, de 0,50-2 m de altura. Tallo con una capa de pelos glandulares breves y largas setas de 1-2 mm de largo. Estípulas filiformes de 5-10 mm de largo. Pecíolo hasta de 9 cm de largo. Lámina ovada, cordada, ápice agudo, margen crenado, algo discolora, hasta de 11 × 8 cm, haz con pelos simples esparcidos, envés cubierto de pelos estrellados grisáceos. Inflorescencia terminal, paniculada, multiflora. Pedicelos de 0,5 a 1,5 cm de largo. Cáliz de 3-4 mm de largo, lóbulos triangulares 1 × 2 mm, con algunos pelos simples ca. 1 mm de largo. Corola amarilla. Pétalos de 8-10 mm de largo. Mericarpos 4-5, de 6-8 mm de largo, submúticos, pubérulos, pelos simples muy pequeños. Semillas 3, las dos superiores colaterales, reniformes, con pelos pequeños muy esparcidos y pelos mayores en el ápice; semilla basal 3-gona, con abundantes pelos simples en el ápice y en el dorso. [Subshrubs to shrubs 1.6–2.1 m tall, erect. Branches pubescent, trichomes hyaline, simple, and long, minutely glandular, rarely fasciculate. Stipules 0.9–1 cm long, filiform, free, caducous, sericeous, trichomes simple long and glandular at both surfaces. Leaves with petiole 5–12 cm long, sericeous, trichomes simple, very long, and glandular, rarely fasciculate; lamina 3.5–12 × 2.5–11 cm, membranaceous, slightly green discolor, cordiform, sometimes slightly lobate to the apex, base cordate-imbricate, apex acute to acuminate, margin crenate to serreate; adaxial surface pubescent, trichomes hyaline, simple, glandular-fasciculate and multiradiate; abaxial surface velutinous, trichomes whitish, multiradiate. Synflorescence frondose-bracteate, pyramidal, lax; coflorescence double-raceme, 15–20 cm long; accessory axis reduced, 2(–3) flowers; anthopodium 0.7–0.8 mm long, pubescent, trichomes glandular long, simple, fasciculate and fasciculate-stipitate. Flowers with pedicel 5–6 mm long, indumentum and trichomes similar to anthopodium; calyx 5–6 mm long, sepals free to the middle below to medium portion, accrescent in fruit, adaxial surface glandular, long, simple, fasciculate and fasciculate-stipitate; corolla ca. 1.3 cm diam, yellow, without dark center; staminal column with few trichomes hyaline, simple, and fasciculate-stipitate, free portion of filaments ca. 2 mm long, few trichomes hyaline, simple; ovary 4–5 celled, 3 ovules per cell; style ca. 5 mm long. Schizocarp 0.8–0.9 cm diam, 4 (–5) mericarps, 7–8 × 3–4 mm, spines < 1 mm long, constriction inconspicuous, pubescent, trichomes simple and glandular, few fasciculate; seeds 3, ca. 2 mm long, hilum slightly villous, trichomes simple.]