Spreading, small shrub; stems red, shining, with short scattered hairs, later glabrous. Leaves fasciculate, linear, petiolate, curved, glabrous above or with short hairs near apex, shining, punctate; lower surface pubescent; margins recurved to cover midrib; sheath and petioles clasping leaves clustered at nodes; petiole flattened, ciliate near apex. Flowers in dense, head-like dichasia; bracts and bracteoles petiolate, lanceolate to ovate, acute, 4–8.5 mm long, imbricate, appressed to calyx, setose especially near margins, puberulous below; margins partially recurved; midrib with longer hairs; petiole setose. Calyx 6–6.5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam.; ribs 5, setulose or pilose; grooves pubescent. Petals 5, 9–12 mm long. Stamens usually 6. Style 3-branched; stigmas capitate; ovules 3, basal.
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