Shrub to 60 cm tall and 1.2 m wide, with lignotuber. Branches often at first horizontal and subterranean before emerging. Stems pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1.5-2 mm long; lamina linear, 1-3 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, pungent; upper surface sparsely hairy. Inflorescence 1.5-3 cm long; involucral bracts 2.5-4 mm long, pubescent, persistent. Flowers pale yellow, with uppermost flowers sometimes purplish, greenish in bud; style pale yellow or purple. Perianth 17-20 mm long including limb of 2-3 mm, closely pubescent outside and inside, with limb almost glabrous. Pistil hooked, 19-24 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter ovoid, 0.6-0.7 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 25, ovate-elliptic, 23-27 mm long, 7-15 mm high, 20-23 mm wide, rather flattened but with low median ridge, smooth, pubescent, glabrescent. Seed broadly obovate, 20-24 mm long; seed body obovate, 12-14 mm long, 7-9 mm wide, smooth.
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