Its greyish-brown, densely warty stems and branches are covered in fine, soft hairs when young but become hairless with age.

Its aromatic flowers have 5 egg-shaped, maroon sepals that are 1.5–2 by 1.5–2 millimeters, covered in white, wooly hairs on their outer surface, and have pointed tips.

Its 5 hairless petals are fused at the base forming 0.8–1.2 millimeter long tube.

Its corona has thread-like lobes that are 4–9 millimeters long and radially aligned with the sepals.

The elliptical pollen translators have hemispherical bases that are covered in a sticky surface.

[7] It has been observed growing in moderately wet to arid savannahs at elevations of 400 to 1300 meters.