Erect or sometimes clambering shrub, young branches rusty-pubescent at tip, older branches with exfoliating bark. Denticulate glabrescent leaves to 75mm x 27mm. 7-12 flowered racemes to 65mm long with bracts to 12mm x 4mm, calyx to 3mm long, rusty-pilose above, densely pilose corolla 5mm long with 5 short lobes