Appearance
The species flowers are pink, fading to nearly white, very fragrant, about .5 inches across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches. Calyx of five dry overlapping sepals; corolla salver-shaped, the slender, hairy tube spreading into five equal lobes; 10 stamens; one pistil with a column-like style and a five-lobed stigma. Stem: Spreading over the ground ; woody, the leafy twigs covered with rusty hairs. Leaves: Alternate, oval, rounded at the base, smooth above, more or less hairy below, evergreen, weather-worn, on short, rusty, hairy petioles.Slow growing, it prefers moist, acidic soil, and shade. It is often part of the heath complex in an oak-heath forest.
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