Erect, much-branched shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves oblong to ovate to obovate, 0.9-5.5 cm long, 1.5-13 mm wide, folded inwards along midvein, glabrous, ±puberulous below; apex apiculate; midvein and 2 marginal veins raised. Inflorescence a capitate spike of up to 20 flowers in upper axils; peduncle 5-8 mm long, tomentose; bracteoles ovate, 2-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, green or blue, long-acuminate. Perianth blue to pink, velutinous; tube 2-3 mm long; upper lip elliptic, 3-3.5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, acute, recurved; lower lip united for 2.8-3.5 mm; lobes narrowly deltoid, 0.5-0.75 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide. Nut c. 2 mm long and wide, cream, velutinous; circumference hairs 0.5-1.5 mm long, yellow; apex brown, with white and red quadrants; central tuft 0.5-1 mm long, yellow.
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