Shrub to 1.5 m tall, without (rarely with) lignotuber. Stems pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1-2 mm long; lamina linear, obtuse, usually 1-2 cm long, 1.5 mm wide, rarely acute; upper surface loosely hirsute, glabrescent. Inflorescence 2-3 cm long; involucral bracts small, tomentose or partly glabrous. Flowers violet, sometimes green at base, rarely yellowish; style green or purple. Perianth 21-27 mm long including limb of 2-3 mm, pubescent outside, hirsute inside in lower half. Pistil hooked, 28-38 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowly ovoid, 0.7 mm long. Old flowers persistent mainly at base of spike. Follicles elliptic to rhombic, flattened, 10-25 mm long, to 6 mm high, 8-22 mm wide, pubescent, ±glabrescent, green and sticky at least when young, later brownish yellow. Seed cuneate, 20-25 mm long; seed body falcate, 12-18 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide.
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