Shrub to 2 m tall and 3 m wide, without lignotuber, usually much-branched. Stems tomentose. Leaves: petiole 1-2 mm long; lamina relatively soft, narrowly linear, 4-10 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, acute; upper surface hirsute, glabrescent. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet, 3-10 cm long; involucral bracts 5-10 mm long, tomentose, persistent. Flowers pale to medium yellow or pale brown; style yellow, sometimes purple. Perianth 33-45 mm long including limb of 3-5 mm, slender, pubescent to hirsute inside and outside. Pistil hooked, 34-58 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter slightly thickened, 0.9-1.2 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 80 or more, elliptic, 15-30 mm long, 5-12 mm high, commonly 6-10 mm wide, rarely larger, smooth, hirsute. Seed broadly obovate, 25-29 mm long; seed body oblong, 12-15 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, smooth.
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