Shrub 0.6-2 m high. Branchlets tomentose to velvety. Leaves dorsiventral, 1.5-3.5 cm long, usually simple and entire, sometimes a few 2-5-partite; simple leaves and lobes broadly linear, 1-2 mm wide; margins refracted, enclosing most or all of lower surface except for midveins; lower surface tomentose. Conflorescence terminal, erect, usually simple, narrowly conical to subcylindrical, acropetal; ultimate floral rachis 20-60 mm long, villous. Flowers ±acroscopic. Flower colour: perianth white to cream with a yellow limb; style white. Perianth glabrous inside. Pistil 5.5-7 mm long; style slightly exserted from late bud; pollen-presenter erect on a slightly oblique base, conical, with a basal flange. Follicle ovoid to ellipsoidal, 11-14 mm long, muricate.
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