Suffrutex perennis. Caulis erectus, elongatus, a basi ramosus, pilosus, superne subramosus, pilosus, cr. 20-30 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem dense investientia, anguste squamiformia usque obovata, apice acutissima atque plures velsingulos aculeos gerentia, margine subincrassata edentata vel raro pauce dentata, non involuta, pilosa, cr. 2-3-plo longiora quam latiora, cr. 7-8 mm longa. Flores subsessiles vel breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 1-2 mm longis; ovarium 3-locuIare, obovatum, cuneatum, dense pilosum cr. 2 mm longum, 1 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice subacutae, aculeos apice non gerentes, margine subincrassatae, edentatae, subpilosae, subinvolutae, cr. 4 mm longae, 1.5 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere duplo longioribus quam latioribus, apice subacuminatis, fere 11-12 mm longa, laciniis 3-4 mm longis; filamenti basis anguste ellipsoidea usque subrotunda, cr. duplo longior quam latior; antherae angustae, elongatae, apice subobtusae; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, breves, crassi, apice subacuti, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis subrotunda usque sphaerica, cr. 3 mm longa, item crassa, subpilosa, parte superiore late conica, apice subacuta, calycis laciniis fere dimidium longitudine adaequante.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.45 m high, with taproot. Stems erect or sprawling, branched at base. Leaves many, overlapping, lanceolate, apex acute, 2 or 3 times as long as broad, margins slightly thickened, not pilose. Flowers: sessile in contracted inflorescence; corolla tubular, blue or purple; Dec.-May.
Herb, up to 450 mm tall. Stems erect, branched at base. Leaves narrowly scale-like, apex acute, 2-3 times as long as broad, margin slightly thickened, not pilose. Flowers purple.
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