Plant to c. 0.4 m tall. Stems to c. 40 cm long. Leaves 12-35 cm long, 7-16 mm wide, ±discolorous, obtuse or ±truncate, with 4-8 small teeth at apex. Inflorescence 9-30 cm long, sparsely and irregularly branched throughout; flower clusters in axils of and scattered along branches. Flowers sometimes marked with purple, each subtended by a minute, withering bract. Sepals ovate-deltoid, 3.5-4 mm long. Petals elliptic-oblong, 4-4.5 mm long. Stamens: filaments linear, outer to 2 mm long, inner to 2.5 mm long; anthers c. 1 mm long. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long; style c. 3.5 mm long. Capsule ovoid, c. 1 cm long. Seed ellipsoidal, pitted, c. 5.5 mm long.
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