Very similar to T. kirkiana, but with the leaf blades generally more triangular-ovate; the male bracts ovate and evenly glandular, the filaments shorter, erect, and with the connective apically produced; the female bracts and bracteoles often crenate-dentate; and the female calyx lobes with the lobules longer than or equalling the width of the calyx-lobe rhachis.
The flowers are often reddish-tinged.
The fruit orange-red.