Usually about 1 m high, with arachnoid-pilose or almost glabrous branchlets. Leaves mostly 1-1.5 cm long, erect-spreading, rarely spreading or recurved, linear-lanceolate, ustulate-apiculate, trigonous, keeled on the dorsal surface, furrowed on the ventral surface and often keeled towards the apex, at first arachnoid-pilose, usually soon becoming glabrous. Stipules minute, subulate, ustulate. Flowering heads mostly 6-8 mm wide, globose, terminating short almost leafless branchlets arranged in raceme-like formation. Bract and bracteoles spathulate, with caducous hairs on the dorsal surface, reaching about the middle of the petals. Calyx-tube clothed with caducous unicellular hairs: calyx-lobes linear, subulate-apiculate, with caducous unicellular hairs on the dorsal surface, reaching the middle of the petals. Petals 1.75-2 mm long, oblong-spathulate, distinctly bicarinate from the middle downwards, with a few caducous hairs on the lower half of the dorsal surface, cream-coloured. Stamens twice as long as the petals: anthers scarcely 0.75 mm long, elliptic: thecae free 2/3 of their length. Ovary 3/4 inferior. Fruit unknown.
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Densely leafy shrub to 1 m. Leaves spreading-ascending, linear-lanceolate. Flowers crowded in small heads 6-8 mm diam., on small almost leafless branches arrange like a raceme, cream-coloured.
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