Open shrub to 70 cm tall. Leaves filiform, 4-5 cm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, curved, canaliculate, acute. Inflorescence a panicle of spikes; axis an extension of the branch; peduncle 16-20 cm long, glabrous, striate; rachis glabrous; bracteoles ovate, 2.5-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, blue, woolly at base and sides, acute. Perianth white, woolly; tube 5-8 mm long; upper lip ovate, 1-1.5 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, blue, glabrous, with ±scattered white hairs on midline, woolly at base; apex acute, recurved; lower lip united for c. 1 mm; lobes oblong, 0.75-1 mm long, 0.25 mm wide, short-woolly, recurved. Nut not seen.
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