Erect or scandent subshrub with puberulous stems. Leaves to 70mm x 25mm, pilose above & silky beneath. Thyrses with bracts to 60mm long & minute bracteoles, flower heads to 9mm x 7mm with around 30 bracts to 5mm long in 4 series. 15 flowers per head with violet corolla to 5.8mm long, tube to 2.7mm long & lobes 1.8mm long,