It is also called mouse ear, or oreja de ratón in Spanish.

[3] This is a perennial shrub growing over three meters in maximum height.

[3] The small leaves are each up to three centimeters long, oval in shape, with scallop-shaped teeth along the edges.

A dioecious species, male and female individuals produce different types of flowers.

The fruit is a roughly rounded woolly capsule with three prominent chambers, each containing a seed.