Ascending shrub to 1 m tall, villous when young. Leaves cauline, fasciculate, narrowly linear; margins entire, revolute; lamina 6-12 mm long, to 0.5 mm wide. Inflorescence a spike, 5-8 cm long; bracts similar to upper leaves, at least 1/2 as long as corolla; bracteoles 5-9 mm long. Sepals narrowly ovate, c. 0.5 mm long, with white hairs at margins. Corolla 5-8 mm long; lobes ±equal, 2-3.5 mm long; wings c. 1 mm wide. Ovary with septum almost obsolete; ovule solitary; style with stiff, purplish hairs and minute, glandular hairs. Fruit a nut, globular, 2 mm diam. Seed elliptic, c. 1 mm long.
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