Shrub to 2 m tall, with lignotuber. Stems pubescent, glabrescent, usually orange-brown. Leaves: petiole 2-3 mm long; lamina stiff, narrowly linear, 2.5-10 cm long, 1-1.5 (-2) mm wide, pungent, dark green or slightly glaucous; upper surface hirsute, glabrescent. Inflorescence 3-6 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose with glabrous apices. Flowers rusty or purplish brown including styles, rarely golden. Perianth 24-39 mm long including limb of 3-5 mm, hirsute outside, pubescent inside. Pistil hooked, 29-46 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 0.5-1.5 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 60, elliptic, 15-30 mm long, 5-8 mm high, 10-25 mm wide, smooth but with lateral shoulders, hirsute, glabrescent, shining brown or orange-brown. Seed cuneate, 20-26 mm long; seed body cuneate, 10-14 mm long, 5-13 mm wide, smooth.
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A medium sized shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5 m high. It spreads 2-3.5 m across. The leaves are narrow and blue-green. The flowers are purplish-gold. They are round.
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