Low, tufted shrub to 1.5 m tall in flower, c. 50 cm tall when vegetative. Leaves basal, clustered, spreading; petiole 1.5-16 cm long; base ciliate; lamina linear, 3.8-30 cm long, 1.5-15 mm wide, tomentose; midvein, lateral and interconnecting veins raised on undersurface, depressed on upper. Inflorescence a corymb of spikes; peduncle 60-130 cm long, tomentose; bracteoles lanceolate, 5-9 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, white-tomentose. Perianth white, villous; tube 1.3-3.5 mm long; upper lip villous; inner surface maroon-brown, glabrous; apex with tuft of longer hairs; lower lip united for 2-3.75 mm; lobes narrowly oblong to oblong, 1-1.6 mm long, 0.25 mm wide; apex with tuft of hairs. Nut 2.5-3 mm long, 2-2.75 mm wide; circumference hairs c. 1 mm long, tan; apex white-tomentose with a red exudate.
Home