Cyphanthera albicans subsp. albicans

Erect shrub to 3 m high, greyish; branches with an indumentum of whitish stellate hairs and glandular hairs. Leaves subsessile, elliptic to ovate or more or less obovate, mostly 6–15 mm long, 1.5–7 mm wide (juvenile leaves often much larger), obtuse, tomentose, margins recurved. Inflorescences panicle-like, dense, leafy; pedicels 1–6 mm long, tomentose; calyx campanulate, 2–5.5 mm long, pubescent; corolla 6.5–13 mm long, glabrous or pubescent, white or creamy-white with purple striations, lobes lanceolate, 3–15 mm long, acute, longer than tube, spreading; stamens 2–5 mm long. Capsule broad-ellipsoid to globose, 2.5–8 mm long; seeds 2.3–3.8 mm long, pitted, brown.  Flowers mainly spring to early summer.