About 1 m high, with the upper branches and branchlets villous and reddish brown. Leaves mostly 2.5-4 mm long, closely set, erect-spreading or spreading, sessile, lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, obtuse, flat or slightly concave on the ventral surface, ciliate, sparsely villous on the dorsal surface or on both surfaces, occasionally glabrous on both, with a distinct median vein. Flower-heads about 4 mm wide, often grouped in raceme-or panicle-like clusters. Bract lanceolate, acute, villous on the dorsal surface. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, villous on the dorsal surface. Calyx-tube sparsely pubescent, with a shallow cup-shaped free upper portion; calyx-lobes lanceolate, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliate, reaching to shortly above the middle of the petals. Petals scarcely 1-5 mm long, obovate-elliptic, obtuse, tapered towards the base, glabrous, bicarinate below the middle. Stamens reaching to the upper half of the petals; anthers 0.25 mm long, rotund. Ovary 2/3 inferior, amply pubescent on the upper part, with 2 easily separated uniovulate chambers; styles free. Fruit unknown.
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Closely leafy shrub to 1.5 m, villous on young parts. Leaves spreading to suberect, linear-lanceolate. Flowers few in rounded heads, white, sepals glabrous.
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