Aristea dichotoma Ker Gawl.

Plants 150-300 mm high, forming low, rounded cushions. Stems flattened below and 2-winged, dichotomously 3-to 6-branched. Leaves linear, 1.5-3.0 mm wide, grey-glaucous, firm-textured. Flower clusters mostly 4 to 6, stalked, each 2-to 4-flowered; spathes and bracts dry, brown with broad, translucent margins, spathes 8-10 mm long, bracts ± as long or slightly longer. Flowers subsessile, blue; tepals obovate, 14-18 mm long. Filaments ± 5 mm long; anthers ± 2.5 mm long. Style 7-8 mm long, stigmatic lobes broad, prominently fringed. Capsules on pedicels 3-4 mm long, narrowly 3-winged, 8-10 mm long, pale with dark margins. Seeds lamellate, kidney-shaped, 2 per locule, sculpturing foveate, margins papillate.