Sometimes scandent hemi-epiphytic shrub to 2.5m. Striate glabrate stems. Denticulate or serrate fleshy leaves to 220mm x 90mm, glabrous above & villose beneath. Puberulent panicles, cymes to 300mm long, flower heads of 5-9 flowers to 8mm high with lilac or pink corollas, about 8 phyllaries. Glabrous achenes to 3mm long, yellowish pappus.