Erect herb, 1-2 m or more. Stem and branches densely tomentose. Leaves membranaceous, narrowly lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, 5-8 by 2.5-3.5 cm, acute or acuminate, serrulate or serrate, base acute or attenuate, entire, sparingly hirsute above, velutinous or tomentose beneath; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm. Verticillasters 20-30-flowered, closely approximate (or widely apart below), forming terminal, spike-like or paniculate inflorescences, 7-10 cm. Bracts linear, linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5-4 mm, densely pubescent. Calyx tubular, narrowed at both ends, 2-4.5 mm long, in fruit 4-7.5 mm, with soft curled, appressed whitish hairs, teeth subequal, sharply pointed. Corolla white, 4-7 mm long. Stamens exserted, filaments puberu-lent. Style shortly 2-fid. Nutlets narrowly ellipsoid, 1-1.2 by 0.5 mm, puberulent and gland-dotted.
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An erect herb. It grows 1-2 m tall. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped. They are 5-8 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge.
Open places, in grassfields, in Casuarina junghuhniana forest often in masses, also in Eucalypt forest in Timor, 1000-2950 m. Fl. June-Nov. An excellent honey producer for wild bees. Fig. 10.
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Open places, in grassfields, in Casuarina jimghuhniana forest often in masses, also in Eucalypt forest in Timor; at elevations from 1,000-2,950 metres.
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