Shrub to 2 m tall, without lignotuber; lateral branches spreading and often resting on ground. Stems white-tomentose. Leaves crowded; petiole 1-2 mm long; lamina narrowly linear, 8-35 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute; upper surface pubescent, becoming scabrid. Inflorescence 3-6 cm long; involucral bracts to 8 mm long, tomentose. Flowers cream to pale yellow; upper flowers and styles purple. Perianth 27-35 mm long including limb of 3-5 mm, hirsute inside and outside. Pistil hooked, 34-45 mm long, glabrous except a few hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrow, c. 1 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 80, narrowly elliptic, 18-28 mm long, 5-9 mm high, 6-8 mm wide, smooth, hirsute. Seed broadly obovate, 24-28 mm long; seed body obovate-falcate, 13-15 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, slightly rugose.
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