Fruticulus erectus, glaber. Caules tenues, ramulis divergentibus, alis angustis, scabridis, e foliorum marginibus decurrentibus. Folia multa, non imbricata, patentia, erecto-patentia vel parum recurvata, linearia, carinata, long. 7-10 mm, basi lat. 1 mm, carina marginibusque scabridis. Inflorescentia terminalis, spicata, densa, long. ad 3 cm Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, carinatae, carina marginibusque scabridis long. 5 mm, lat. 1.5 mm Bracteolae similes sed minores, long. 4.5 mm, lat. 0.8 mm Flos cum pedicello long. 5 mm Perianthii segmenta erecto-patentia, anguste deltoidea, subulato-acuta, extra convexa, long. 2 mm, basi lat. 1 mm, intra barba densa subapicale, marginibus minute papillosis, faucibus glabris. Antherae long. 0.8 mm, in filamentis tenuibus long. 0.5 mm instructae, pilis ad perianthium adhaerentes. Stylus long. 1.3 mm, stigmate capitellato. Fructus globosus, diam. 3 mm, venis principalibus 10, lateralibus reticulatis.
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Erect, glabrous, hemiparasitic, dwarf shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves dense, linear-lanceolate, up to 10 mm long, keel and margins scabrid. Inflorescences of densely flowered, terminal, oblong spikes. Bracts ± as long as flowers, abaxially rounded, margins scabrous. Flowers ± 5 mm long including pedicel. Perianth with tube ± 1.5 mm long; segments narrowly triangular, ± 2 mm long. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Fruit globose, 3 mm in diam.; 10-ribbed, reticulate between ribs.
Like T. scabrum but flowers in oblong spikes.
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