Erect, compact shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves ascending, oblanceolate to spathulate, 1.4-12 cm long, 4-38 mm wide, glabrous; margin undulate; apex acute; central and marginal veins prominent. Inflorescence an interrupted, spicate panicle; peduncle 25.5-40 cm long, puberulous to villous; bracteoles ovate, 2-3.1 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; base and sides densely tomentose; apex ±velutinous. Perianth white-woolly; tube 2.8-4.5 mm long; upper lip ovate, 1.8-2.4 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, glabrous, with an acute apex; lower lip united for 1-1.8 mm, woolly; lobes narrowly oblong, 0.5-1 mm long, 0.2-0.3 mm wide, woolly, with an acute apex. Nut c. 2.5 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, dark tan, velutinous; circumference hairs c. 1.8 mm long, orange; central tuft 1.8-2 mm long, pale orange.
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