Open shrub to 90 cm tall. Cauline leaves terete, 7-10 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, spreading; floral leaves deltoid, 4-9 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescence an axillary spike of up to 6 flowers; peduncle 2.5-9 mm long, tomentose; bracteoles obovate, 1.5-2.25 mm long, 2-3.2 mm wide, tomentose, with a cuspidate apex. Perianth pale blue or pink, silky to woolly; tube 3.5-4.5 mm long; upper lobe ovate, 1.25-2 mm long, 1.5-1.75 mm wide, with shorter hairs at apex, recurved; lower lip united for 0.5-0.75 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, 0.6-0.75 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, recurved. Nut c. 2 mm long, c. 2.25 mm wide, white-sericeous; circumference hairs 0.75-1.25 mm long, golden; central tuft 1.5-1.75 mm long, reddish gold.
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