Dense, rounded shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves closely appressed or ±spreading, rarely incurved, terete and ±4-angled, 9-25 (-40) mm long, 0.5-0.75 mm wide, glabrous; apex acute; margins and midvein raised on undersurface. Inflorescence of many spikes of c. 12 flowers in upper leaf axils; peduncle 10-20 mm long, densely white-woolly; bracteoles deltoid, 1.5-2 mm long, 1.25-2 mm wide, blue; lower base and sides white-woolly; margin and apex white-ciliate; apex acute. Perianth white, woolly; tube 4.5-5.5 mm long; upper lip 0.7-1.25 mm long, densely white-hairy; lower lip united for 0.5-0.8 mm, with a dense beard of hairs; lobes oblong, 0.5-0.6 mm long, 0.25-0.4 mm wide, densely hairy; apex recurved. Nut 2-2.4 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, white-hirsute; circumference hairs 1-2.5 mm long, golden-fawn; central tuft 2-3 mm long, golden-brown.
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