A subglaucous, little-branched herb, minutely pubescent throughout, ± 60 cm. tall.. Stems slender; internodes 3.5–4 cm.. Ocreae 7 mm. long, not tightly appressed, terminally fringed with setae 7–9 mm. long.. Leaves 3–4 × 1.5–2 cm., elliptic-ovate but deeply incised and irregularly dentate, attenuate at each end, shortly puberulous.. Petioles up to 15 mm. long.. Inflorescence elongate.. Bracts 3.5–4 cm. apart.. Pedicels 5–8 mm. long.. Flowers 4–5 mm. long; tepals oblong, pubescent, narrowly winged at the back.. Fruit 8 mm. long, with 3 horizontal prickles 3 mm. long.
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