Annual? herb, root parasite, 0.25-0.38 m high; stem simple, erect, pubescent. Leaves erect, subimbricate, longer than internodes, ovate-lanceolate, base sessile, obtuse, margins and nerves hispid. Inflorescence a dense spike; flowers yellow, axillary, many, subsessile. Calyx ± 12 mm long, campanulate, hispid; lobes triangular. Corolla with obovate lobes. Stamens equal in length; filaments 5 mm long, glabrous; anthers parallel, thecae unequal in length; base broader; tip mucronulate. Ovary ± 2.5 mm in diam., globose; style ± 10 mm long; tip recurved. Flowering time Feb.
Annual herb, hemiparasitic, up to 0.4 m high. Stems erect, unbranched; hispid. Leaves sessile; blade ovate to narrowly ovate, ± 30 x 15 mm, base clasping, margins entire. Flowers: in a dense spike; corolla 18-25 mm long; Nov.-Feb.