[2] Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its inner petals that touch one another, but are not fused, and form a globe-shaped structure.

The leaves are smooth on their upper and lightly hairy on their lower surfaces.

Each flower is on a thin, lightly hairy pedicel 40-45 millimeters long.

Its flowers have 3 sepals that are 8-10 by 6-8 millimeters long with densely hairy margins.

[4] It has been observed growing in sandy soils in sparse mountain forests, at elevations from 1700 to 2000 meters.