Twining liana with glabrous stems. Leaves to 60mm x 40mm, sparsely puberulent above & glabrous beneath. Panicles to 200mm x 100mm, flower heads to 12mm long, with purple bracts to 3.5mm long.White corolla to 6mm long with tube 4mm long & lobes 1mm long. Dark brown to black achenes to 4.5mm long, bristly white pappus to 6mm long.