A robust herb up to 5 ft. high with a brownish-tomentose ribbed stem and broad sessile leaves; inflorescence spreading with flower-heads 3/4 in. broad sessile or subsessile along the upper sides of the branches; florets purple.
Distribution
[Br.] Cam.: Bamenda, 5,000-8,200 ft. (Dec.-Jan., May-June): Basenako Maitland 1455! Lakom Maitland 1514! Mba Kokeka Mt. Keay FHI 28410! Santa Mt. Boughey GC 11013!
