Terrestrial shrub, not known to climb, 0.6(-1.5) m tall. Stem terete, 6-10 mm diam., often at length prostrate. Leaves coriaceous, petiolate; blade elliptic or oblong, 10-20 by 5-10 cm, apex emarginate, base obtuse; petiole canaliculate, 4-12 cm long, clasping the stem for up to 4/5 its circumference, sheathing, not auriculate or decurrent. Longitudinal nerves 1-3 on each side of the midrib in the outer third, conspicuous. Pennate nerves numerous, arising at 45° from the midrib, reaching the outer longitudinal nerve, conspicuous. Lower pitchers broadly ellipsoidal, 5-16 by 5-12 cm with two fringed wings in the upper 1/3 or 1/2, the wings 5-12 mm wide, fringed elements 2.5-8 mm long, 1-4 mm apart; mouth subcircular, almost horizontal, then abruptly rising to the vertical in the rear to provide a stout column 2-3.5 cm high; peristome rounded, 6-12 mm broad, ribs 3-10 mm apart and 4-6 mm high, outer surface entire, never sinuate, inner surface with teeth 7-12 mm long, in two distinct ranks, strikingly protruding up the column; lid suborbicular 5-12 by 5-12 cm, apex rounded, base conspicuously cordate, lower surface lacking appendages, glands very dense, circular, 0.1-0.3 mm diam.; spur stout, entire, c. 10 mm long. Upper pitchers rarely seen, as the lower pitchers, but ovoid to infundibulate, 10-18 by 5-12 cm. Male inflorescence 35-70 cm long; peduncle 20-50 cm long; partial peduncles 1-flowered, c. 100; pedicels 9-15 mm long; bracts absent; tepals elliptic, 5-7 by 2-3 mm; androphore 2-2.5 mm long; anther head 1-1.5 by 1.5-2 mm. Fruit not seen. Seed not seen. Indumentum villose, hairs simple, 3-4 mm long, red-brown, densely covering all parts of the plant, persistent on lower leaf and leaf edge, tendril and pitcher. Colour of outer pitcher and lid yellow, suffused with pink or red, inner white or pale green, indumentum brown.
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