Erect shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves linear, 1.5-7.5 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, ±clustered, glabrous to ±hirsute; apex mucronate. Inflorescence a panicle in upper axils, terminating in dense, head-like spikes; peduncle 1.5-4 cm long; bracteoles deltoid to lanceolate, 4-16 mm long, 1.2-4.5 mm wide, 3-11-nerved, yellow, becoming brown with age. Perianth cream, glabrous; tube 0.75-1.7 mm long; upper lip ovate, 0.8-1.3 mm long, 0.75-1.2 mm wide, with an acute, recurved apex; lower lip united for 0.5-1.3 mm; lobes oblong, 0.6-1 mm long, 0.3-0.6 mm wide, with an acute, incurved apex. Nut 2.7-3 mm long, 2-2.4 mm wide, white-to golden-tomentose; circumference hairs c. 0.5 mm long, cream; central tuft lacking.
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