Rounded shrub 1-2 m tall. Leaves filiform, terete, 2.5-17 cm long, 0.4-1 mm wide, glabrous; apex brown, acute. Inflorescence a panicle of elongated spikes; peduncle 19-32 cm long, hirsute; bracteoles ovate, 1.3-2.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, densely tomentose; margin ciliate; apex cuspidate. Perianth white-or cream-tomentose; tube 2.5-5.5 mm long, swoollen at apex; upper lip ovate, 1.5-2.2 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, with a brown apex; lower lip united for 1-1.5 mm; lobes oblong, 0.4-0.6 mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, with an acute apex. Nut 2-3 mm long, c. 1.6 mm wide, orange-brown-tomentose; circumference hairs 1.5-1.8 mm long, cream-orange; central tuft 1.8-2 mm long, pale orange.
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