Perennial herb, decumbent to ascending, many-stemmed, with silvery hairs; stems to 90 cm long. Leaves sessile, linear to elliptic-oblanceolate, entire to dentate; lamina 17-41 mm long, 4-10 mm wide. Flowers in terminal spikes to 10 cm long; bracteoles narrowly elliptic to linear, 4-8 mm long, with conspicuous, silky, axillary hairs. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1.5 mm long, free, ±obscured by hairs. Corolla 1.3-2.2 cm long, with simple hairs outside, ±bearded inside, bluish-mauve; barbulae clavate, heads papillate. Ovary 2-locular; indusium 1-2 mm wide, glabrous except lips. Fruit ellipsoidal to globular, to 4 mm diam., with simple hairs at 90°.
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