Woody vine or scandent clambering shrub with tomentose stems to 7m. Leaves to 95mm x 43mm, puberulent above & stellate tomentose beneath. Terminal cyme with a bract to 6.5mm long, of purple or pale violet & white flowers, deeply lobed corolla to 6.3mm long with tube to 3mm long, cream lobes to 2.2m long. Pale brown glabrous achenes to 4mm long