Spreading shrub to 2 m tall. Leaves filiform, 12-25 cm long, 0.75-1 mm wide, sigmoid, glabrous, with 2 thickened, lateral veins. Inflorescence a sparingly branched panicle in upper axils, shorter than leaves; peduncle 1-4 cm long; bracteoles reniform to broadly ovate, 2-3 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, white to pale green, velutinous. Perianth white, with scattered hairs; tube 3-4 mm long; upper lip broadly triangular, 1-2 mm long, 1.5-1.75 mm wide, acute with a recurved apex; lower lip united for 0.4-0.5 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, acute, to c. 2.5 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide. Nut c. 2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, white-hirsute; apex brown, hairy; central tuft c. 1.5 mm long, golden.
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