Spindly or semiprostrate shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves dense at base of stem, filiform, 1.2-20 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, sigmoid to curved, acute. Inflorescence a panicle; peduncle 5-7 cm long; bracteoles ovate, 3-4 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, bluish green with an acuminate apex, tomentose at sides and base. Perianth white, pink or blue, glabrous to puberulous; tube 2.5-3.5 mm long; upper lip elliptic to obovate, 3-5 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, with an acute apex; lower lip united for 1.5-2.5 mm; lobes linear to elliptic, 2-4 mm long, 0.25-0.5 mm wide; midvein prominent, with an acute apex. Nut 2-2.5 mm long, 2.5-2.75 mm wide, cream, rusty-tomentose; circumference hairs 0.75-1 mm long, white and rust-coloured; central tuft of c. 10 hairs, 0.75 mm long, golden.
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