Shrub to 1.7 m tall, without lignotuber. Stems sparsely tomentose-hirsute, glabrescent. Leaves crowded; petiole 1-1.5 mm long; lamina narrowly linear, 5-15 mm long, c. 0.8 mm wide, pungent; upper surface sparsely hirsute, glabrescent. Inflorescence 1.5-2.5 cm long; involucral bracts small, tomentose except glabrous apices, falling early. Flowers pale yellow drying red-brown; styles yellow. Perianth 17-19 mm long including limb of 2-2.5 mm, closely pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil hooked, 27-30 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter ovoid, c. 0.3 mm long. Old flowers soon falling. Follicles prominent, 22-30 mm long, 19-27 mm high, 14-18 mm wide, with enlarged thin vertical ridge, somewhat undulate, closely tomentose on base. Seed obovate, 27-35 mm long; seed body cuneate, 9-11 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, slightly rugose.
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