Erect or rounded shrub to c. 1.5 m high with long gland-tipped hairs. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, linear, 4–10 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, margins obtuse. Flowers terminal or subterminal on short lateral branches, usually in clusters of 4; bracteoles 2–4, approximate, c. 4 mm long; sepals c. 5 mm long; corolla 20–30 mm long, trumpet-shaped, slightly decurved, pinkish or white with red longitudinal ridges, lobes obtuse or apiculate, ± erect; stamens slightly exerted or included in corolla; locules of anthers free in upper two-thirds, united and curved in lower third, c. 2.5 mm long. Capsule globose, c. 5 mm diam. Flowers Jul.–Aug. (1 record).
GGr. Native to South Africa, currently only known in Victoria from an infestation in a wildflower plantation (ie. Protea, Leucadendron, and Erica plants grown for cut flower trade) near the Grampians National Park.
