Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca creeping branches

Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca branches much from the base. The slender young shoots covered in glandular hairs may be erect or decumbent as these spreading in picture.

The flowers are long-stalked. Several empty calyces have already lost their corollas. The flower colour of the species is variable, apart from the orange including red, pink and brownish (Pooley, 1998; Van Wyk and Malan, 1997; iNaturalist).