Moderately open shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 4-15 mm wide, ±glaucous, glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal, spicate corymb; peduncle 16-39 cm long; bracteoles ovate, 1.5-3 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, blue or mauve, conspicuous in bud with an acute apex. Perianth white to cream, glabrous; tube 3-7 mm long; upper lip ovate, 1.4-1.8 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide with an obtuse, recurved apex; lower lip united for 1-1.8 mm; lobes deltoid, 1-1.5 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide with an acute apex. Nut 2.3-2.6 mm long, 2.3-2.5 mm wide, golden brown-hirsute; circumference hairs 1-1.5 mm long, golden; central tuft 1.5-1.8 mm long, golden to orange.
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