Shrub to 1.1 m tall. Leaves filiform, 1-17 cm long, 0.5-1.3 mm wide, sigmoid or falcate, ascending; apex acute. Inflorescence a few-branched axillary panicle; branches terminating in dense heads, the longer exceeding leaves. Peduncle 0.6-16 cm long; bracteoles reniform, 1.5-3 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, puberulous. Perianth white, ±purple at base, glabrous; tube 2-4 mm long, 4-angled, ±puberulous; upper lip deltoid, (1.5-) 2-3 mm long, (1-) 1.2-2 mm wide; apex acute, uncinate, recurved; lower lip united for c. 0.75 mm; lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, acute. Nut 1.5-2 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, golden, tomentose; circumference hairs 1.5-2 mm long, golden, rust-coloured or white; central tuft of hairs 1.25-2 m-m long, white, golden or reddish brown.
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