Open shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves filiform, 2.2-5.5 cm long, 0.4-0.75 mm wide, ascending, ±incurved, occasionally sigmoid, canaliculate, acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle of spikes; axis an extension of the branch; peduncle 1.5-8 cm long, tomentose; bracteoles ovate, 2.5-4 mm long, 1.8-3 mm wide, bluish brown, glabrous but woolly at base and sides; apex cuspidate. Perianth white, woolly, with retrorse hairs; tube 3-9 mm long; upper lip ovate, 2-3 mm long, 0.8-1.3 mm wide, blue, glabrous; base woolly with an acute, recurved apex and usually with tuft of hairs at margin; lower lip united for 1.5-2.8 mm; lobes oblong, 0.3-0.7 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide, acute, recurved. Nut not seen.
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