Roots fibrous. Leaves linear-subulate, less than 3 cm long, persistent. Inflorescence to c. 60 cm tall; peduncle ascending; panicle branches dichotomously divaricate, scabrid; lowest major branch 1–3 cm from rhizome; racemules with axis tortuous, up to 5 cm long but sometimes reduced to 1 internode less than 1 mm long; internodes to 1 cm long; flowers mostly aborting, 1 or rarely 2 at lower nodes of racemules; lower bracts linear, ± pungent, to c. 2 cm long; uppermost bracts minute, needle-shaped; pedicels less than 1 mm long. Perianth 5–6.3 mm long, ?greenish white. Sepals narrowly elliptic. Petals elliptic, obtuse. Filaments straight; anthers 0.8–1 mm long. Capsules and seed unknown. (Henderson 1987: 304, 306). A more recent detailed description is provided by Barrett et al. (2021: 23–24), also details on distribution, phenology, habitat, conservation status and affinities.
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