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Description:
Plants 150–300 mm high, forming low, rounded cushions. Stems flattened below and 2-winged, dichotomously 3–6-branched. Leaves linear, 1.5–3 mm wide, grey-glaucous, firm. Flower clusters mostly 4–6, stalked, each 2–4-flowered; spathes and bracts dry, brown with broad, translucent margins, spathes 8–10 mm long, bracts ± as long or slightly longer. Flowers subsessile, blue, tepals obovate, 14–18 mm long. Filaments ± 5 mm long; anthers ± 2.5 mm long. Syle 7–8 mm long, stigmatic lobes broad, prominently fringed. Capsules on pedicels 3–4 mm long, narrowly 3-winged, 8–10 mm long. Seeds lamellate, kidney-shaped, 2 per locule, with foveate sculpturing, margins papillate. Flowering time: Dec.–Mar.
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