Spreading shrub to 1 m tall, without lignotuber. Stems tomentose. Leaves rather crowded; petiole 3-4 mm long; lamina relatively soft, narrowly linear, 3-10 cm long, 0.75-1 mm wide, acute; upper surface hirsute, glabrescent. Inflorescence 3-5 cm long; involucral bracts to 10 mm long, not crowded, tomentose. Flowers pale cream, rarely pale brown; style usually purple. Perianth 32-38 mm long including limb of 3-4.5 mm, hirsute inside and outside. Pistil hooked, 38-48 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowly conical, c. 1 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 50, elliptic, 12-30 mm long, 4-11 mm high, 6-12 mm wide, smooth, hirsute. Seed obovate, 17-25 mm long; seed body falcate to semi-circular, 9-13 mm long, 5-6 mm wide, smooth.
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