glabrous; stem robust, rigid, naked upwards; lower leaves oblong, obtuse, subentire, tapering at base into a broad petiole; upper leaves …; cyme several times trichotomous and panicled, the partial and general panicles flat-topped; bracts subulate; sepals ovate or deltoid, acute; lobes of the corolla ovate, acute. Remarkable for its very large, spreading, flat-topped panicle which is 6–8 inches or more in diameter. The stem is more rigid than in K. crenata, and may be 3–4 feet high. I have only seen a single leaf which, including the petiole, is 6 1/2 inches long, and 2 1/2 wide in its widest part.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Vetrivier, Burke and Zeyher! Hb. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)