Compact shrub to 2 m tall. Leaves filiform, ±linear, 2-17 cm long, 0.6-2.25 mm wide, glabrous or ±puberulous; apex acute. Inflorescence a spicate panicle; bracteoles ovate, 1.7-3 mm long, 1.5-3.2 mm wide, brown, densely velutinous, with a ±glabrous, cuspidate apex. Perianth white, woolly; tube 2.5-5.5 mm long; upper lip ovate, 1.6-3 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, tomentose; lower lip united for 1.2-2.2 mm; lobes narrowly oblong to oblong, 0.4-1 mm long, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. Nut 2-3.2 mm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, white-tomentose; circumference hairs c. 2.5 mm long, orange; central tuft 2-2.5 mm long, orange.
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