Erect shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves filiform to narrowly lanceolate, 4-25 mm long, 0.4-1.5 mm wide, ascending, ±spreading, glabrous, ±velutinous at base. Inflorescence an axillary spike of up to 10 flowers; peduncle 7-60 mm long, tomentose; bracteoles ovate to orbicular, 1.5-3 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, blue, tomentose, with a ciliate margin and an acute apex. Perianth grey-blue to deep blue, puberulous or tomentose; tube 1.5-3.5 mm long, tomentose; upper lip ovate, 3-4.6 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, with a revurved, acute, sparsely pubescent apex; lower lip united for 2.2-3.2 mm; lobes deltoid, 0.5-1.4 mm long, 0.4-0.8 mm wide, with a recurved, acute apex. Nut 2-2.8 mm long, 1.8-2.4 mm wide, tan to orange, puberulous; circumference hairs 0.5-1.25 mm long, cream to orange; apex cream, puberulous; central tuft 1.2-1.8 mm long, rust-coloured or orange.
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