Caespitose subshrub or shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves ascending, dense; petiole 2.5-7 cm long, white-to grey-tomentose; lamina narrowly oblong, 8-32 cm long, 2.5-15 mm wide, circinnate, acute, glabrous or with ±scattered hairs; midvein and 2 submarginal and cross veins raised. Inflorescence a dense, terminal panicle; peduncle 7-10 mm long, white-silky; bracteoles broadly ovate, 6-10 mm long, 3-5.5 mm wide, acute, white-tomentose, ciliate. Perianth cream, orange-yellow or pink, velutinous; tube 5-8 mm long, ±glabrous at base; upper lip linear, 11-22 mm long, 0.25-0.5 mm wide, ciliate, acute; lower lip united for 1.5-2 mm; lobes narrowly linear, 10-22 mm long, 0.25-0.5 mm wide, acute. Nut c. 2.5 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, buff to golden, tomentose; circumference hairs 4-4.5 mm long, golden to rust-coloured; central tuft c. 4 mm long, golden to red.
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