Aneilema nicholsonii C.B.Clarke

Branched annual to 0.6 m tall. Roots thin, fibrous. Leaves spirally arranged, leaf-blades petiolate, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic or ovate, 30-105 x 10-40 mm, apex usually acuminate. Inflorescences terminal and axillary from the upper leaves, ovoid to ellipsoid, c. 20-35 x 15-20 mm, dense, usually with c. 20-35 cincinni. Flowers perfect and staminate, 8-4.5 mm wide; paired petals blue to blue-purple or lavender, 6-7.5 mm long; lateral stamens densely bearded, 5.5-7 mm long; style 4-6 mm long. Capsules oblong-elliptic, trilocular or bilocular, 4.5-6 x 2-3 mm, dorsal locule indehiscent, 1(-0)-seeded, ventral locules usually 3-seeded. Seeds of ventral locules ±3-lobed, 1.25-2.05 x 1.35-1.6 mm, testa tan, foveolate-scrobiculate.