Dense shrub to 2.5 m tall. Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 3.5-19 cm long, 1-27 mm wide, sessile, ascending, glabrous, ±puberulous towards base; apex acute; midvein prominent. Inflorescence a ±terminal, corymbose panicle; peduncle 7.5-36 cm long, ±glabrous; bracteoles ovate, 1.6-3.8 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, glabrous, ±puberulous at base, ciliate. Perianth white; tube 1.7-6 mm long, sparsely velutinous; upper lip ovate, 1.5-3.5 mm long, 1.8-2.5 mm wide, acute, sparsely velutinous; lower lip united for 1.2-1.5 mm; lobes elliptic, 1.5-2.6 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, acute, recurved, puberulous. Nut 2.3-2.8 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, cream to dark brown-velutinous; circumference hairs 1.2-2 mm long, golden-orange; central tuft absent.
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