Dense, multistemmed shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves linear, 4-20 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, glabrous or tomentose, distinctly canaliculate above; margins distinct; apex conical; midvein raised on underside. Inflorescence a several-branched, spicate panicle in upper leaf axils; peduncle 10.5-15 cm long, puberulous to grey-sericeous; bracteoles 1.5-2.5 mm long, 1.5-2.25 mm wide, densely woolly at base, glabrous above, with an acuminate apex. Perianth white-woolly, with black or maroon inner surface; tube 3-3.5 mm long; upper lip ovate, 1-1.6 mm long, 1.75-2.25 mm wide, sericeous, woolly at base; lower lip united for 0.5-1 mm; lobes 0.75-1 mm long, 0.2-0.3 mm wide, woolly-tomentose. Nut 2-2.5 mm long, 2-2.25 mm wide, rusty brown-hirsute; circumference hairs 2-2.5 mm long, rusty brown or orange; central tuft 2-2.5 mm long.
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