Low shrub to 60 cm tall. Leaves mostly basal, linear to oblanceolate, 4-20 cm long, 0.5-4.2 mm wide, terete or slightly flattened; apex acute, spirally incurved. Inflorescence a terminal spike; peduncle 20-35 cm long, puberulous; bracteoles ovate, 1.5-2.9 mm long, 1.5-2.8 mm wide, blue, velutinous, ciliate, with an acute apex. Perianth pinkish white to mauve; tube 1.5-4 mm long, velutinous; upper lip ovate, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-1.8 mm wide, tomentose, with an acute, recurved apex; lower lip united for 2.6-3.5 mm; lobes oblong to broadly oblong, 0.5-1 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm wide, puberulous, with an acute apex. Nut 2-2.2 mm long, 1.4-2 mm wide, white-velutinous; circumference hairs absent; style persistent in centre; central tuft absent.
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