Roots fibrous. Stems erect to 30 cm tall with white, bristly hairs and short internodes; branching. Leaves to 12 cm long with 1 lobe enlarged, dark green and hairy above with a pale green area along the midrib; hairy below, red with a green main vein; margins entire, fringed with red hairs. Flowers white with red hairs in few-flowered clusters.
Brazil
Source: (1997). Begoniaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
