Description
The mauve-blue or purple-blue flowers have four long, narrow, wavy petals which do not overlap, unlike those of many other members of the George Sherriff Group.
The flowers are held on short stems above the leafy bract. There can be one or two extra flowers from the top leaf axils of the main stem.
The long, narrow style with a prominent stigma develops into a narrow, ellipsoidal fruit capsule covered with spreading, pale bristles.
The young broad leaves are suffused in red-purple pigment and covered in short, pale hairs.
The mature basal leaves are green, broad with long petioles. The teeth on the leaf margins are deeply serrate (saw-toothed). The leaf tip is pointed.