Aneilema longirrhizum Faden

Rhizomatous perennial. Roots thick, fleshy. Leaves distichous or spirally arranged, leaf-blades sessile, linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 30-130 x 6-20 mm. Inflorescences terminal, ovoid thyrses 40-130(-180) mm long, with (6-)8-15(-24) mostly alternate cincinni. Flowers perfect and staminate, fragrant, 3.5-18 mm wide; pedicels to 9 mm long, recurved c. 270° (i.e. pointing downwards) in fruit; sepals puberulous, 3.7-4.5 mm long; paired petals pale lavender, 7.5-1.5 x 6-9 mm, medial petal 5.5-7 mm long; lateral stamen filaments 8.5-9.5 mm long; style 8.5-12 mm long. Capsules oblong-elliptic, bilocular, 8-11 x 4-5 mm, apex rounded to truncate, locules 2(-1)-seeded. Seeds 3.4-4.9 mm long, densely white-farinose.