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Glab. much-branched shrub up to c. 2 m. tall; branchlets slender, ascending, reddish brown. Lvs on stout petioles up to ± 15 mm. long. Lamina coriac., obovate-cuneate to broad-elliptic to narrow-obovate, sts sublanceolate; subentire to rather distantly crenately to serrate-dentately lobed or toothed; lobes sts apiculate; of 3 main dimensions: (a) 7–15–(20) × (3)–4–6–(8) cm.; (b) 6–12 × 1·3–2.5 cm.; (c) 4–7 × 2–3 cm. Infl. of 2–5-fld fascicles or fls solitary. Fls (3)–3·5–4 cm. long. Calyx ± 5 mm. long; lobes narrow- to broad-triangular, acute to acuminate. Corolla crimson; tube flaring, lobes 5–(4), deltoid, margins fimbriate. Berry 8–10(13) × 5–6–(7) mm., oblong in outline, crimson.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Aug.–Dec.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.