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Dwarf shrub or herb, up to 0.3 m high; finely, densely, shortly pubescent with spreading or slightly recurved hairs. Stems ascending, slender; densely leafy. Leaves ± parallel with stems, ribbed; blade linear, 3-4 mm long, subulate, apex very acute, minutely, conspicuously ciliate and puberulous. Flowers: in short spikes, overtopped by same year's leafy shoot; bracts longer than or equal to flowers, similar to leaves, often incurved; bracts not adnate to peduncle; perianth bearded, ± 2.5 mm long, outer surface hairy, segments narrowly ovate, 1.5 mm long, apices acute with dense, apical beards, white; Nov.-Jan. Fruit ovoid-globose, 4 mm long, strongly ribbed, reticulate between ribs, pubescent.
Finely pubescent herb, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves ribbed. Flowers in dense, compact spikes. Perianth externally hairy. Flowers white.
