Open shrub to 1.25 m tall. Leaves basal, erect, persistent; petiole 1.5-10 cm long; lamina spathulate or very narrowly obovate, 5-21 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescence a racemose panicle, to 115 cm long, terminating in heads of 3-7 flowers; peduncle prominently 3-6-angled; bracteoles deltoid, 2-2.5 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, rusty-and white-velutinous. Perianth white to pale blue, white-and rusty-velutinous; tube 2-3.5 mm long; lobes narrowly oblong, 1.75-3 mm long, 0.75-1 mm wide; inner surface undulate. Nut urceolate, c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1.25 mm wide, white-to fawn-tomentose with red hairs.
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