Shrub to 1 m tall, without lignotuber. Bark peeling in thin, red and grey flakes. Stems glabrous except a few hairs in leaf axils. Leaves usually crowded; petiole 2-3 mm long; lamina linear, 10-20 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, acute; upper surface glabrous. Inflorescence pendent, 4-7 cm long; flowering basipetal; involucral bracts narrow, pubescent at base, persistent. Flowers onion-scented, pinkish purple in bud, purplish brown; style cream. Perianth 22-33 mm long including limb of 2.5-3.5 mm, slender, pubescent outside, pubescent inside along margins. Pistil hooked, 22-36 mm long, glabrous except a few hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrowly ovoid, c. 1 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles prominent, oblong to elliptic, 18-40 mm long, 8-15 mm high, 8-38 mm wide, flattened, often flanged, rugose to smooth. Seed cuneate to obovate, 15-27 mm long; seed body semi-orbicular, oblique, 7-12 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, smooth.
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