Suffrutex with simple erect stems 15-50(-65) cm. high.. Stems 2-4 mm. in diameter, subglabrous to deflexed-villous.. Leaves linear to linear-elliptic or rarely elliptic, 3.5-6.0 × 0.2-1.0(-l.5) cm., (3-)5-25 times as long as broad (in F.T.E.A. area linear, 0.2-0.3 cm. broad and 20-25 times as long as broad), rather stiff and shiny, glabrous or with sparse long hairs.. Heads 6-9 cm. in diameter.. Middle bracts 1.5-3.0 × 0.7-1.0 cm., acute to rounded, glabrous except for ciliate margins, or appressed-pubescent.. Flowers 3-4 cm., pink or ? white.. Perianth-claw villous; limb ?10-16 mm. (not seen in F.T.E.A. material).
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