Stems prostrate or decumbent, elongated, terete, glabrous; leaves large, linear or linear-lanceolate, often somewhat falcate, acute or subacute, flat on the upper surface, somewhat convex below, 1/2-1 1/4 in. long, glabrous; flowers few in a subcapitate cluster at the ends of the branches; bracts oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 1 1/2-2 1/2 lin. long, slightly keeled, with scabrous slightly membranous edges, reddish; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts, but much narrower; perianth 1-1 1/2 lin. long; segments about 1/3 lin. long, lanceolate-triangular, acute, with a woolly apical beard; anthers included, at the top of the perianth tube, 1/4 lin. long; style nearly 1/2 lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers; fruits with a short stout stalk, ellipsoid-globose, prominently 10-ribbed or almost angled, distinctly reticulate between the ribs, 2 1/2 lin. long including the persistent perianth.
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Sprawling, hemiparasitic shrublet. Leaves large, linear to lanceolate, often falcate, convex beneath. Flowers few, in small, terminal clusters, whitish.
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