Stem short, simple. Leaves rosulate; phyllodes linear to elliptic, 3.0-4.5 x 0.5 cm, laxly pubescent, pitchers conspicuously ventricose, prominently constricted above and below middle, (8-)12-18(-32) cm long, green, partly dotted purplish brown or red, ventral wings 1-4 mm high, in lower parts up to 10 mm, apical leaflet 6-8(-10) x 6-8(-10) mm, red or purple-red, upper hairy zone inside covering one-third of the pitcher length. Inflorescence (2-)3-4(-6)-flowered; ebracteate or bracteate at 1/4 to 1/3 of peduncle length; peduncle 30-50 cm long, glabrous; pedicel slender, drooping, 2.5-3.5(-4.0) cm long, glabrous; bracts 4-8 x 2-3 cm, bracteoles 1.5-2.5 x 1.0-2.0 cm; bracteole from first flower up to 4 x 3 cm, shorter than pedicel, glabrous. Flowers: sepals 4-5, white turning pink or red, ovate-elliptic, acuminate, 3.0-4.5 x 1.3-2.0 cm, glabrous; stamens 21-27(-32), filaments 5-6 mm long, glabrous, anthers 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary densely covered with bifid hairs. Seeds 1.5-2.0 x 0.8-1.0 mm, glabrous, wings ca. 1 mm wide, testa brown.
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