Yellowish to reddish-brown fleshy herb, up to 15 cm tall. Peduncle 2-10 cm long. Calyx 3-5 cm long, pinkish to whitish. Corolla 6-7.5 cm long, c. 5 cm wide at the mouth, yellowish to white with violet or bluish lobes, crenate or erose at the margins; tube about as long as the calyx. Capsule ovoid, c. 2 cm in diameter, apiculate with a persistent style-base; seeds very small, brownish.