Orectanthe ptaritepuiana (Steyerm.) Maguire

Stems elongate, often to 15 cm or more, densely leafy but with leaves ascending in high spiral, the growth often sprawling, often branched, erect only toward tip, leaf margins not or indistinctly red-brown. Scapes 2-several; involucre sepals and corolla as in O. sceptrum; 3 sterile, land-form bracts, distinctly longer than the inner cephalar bracts and up to 6 cm long.