A perennial shrub which can be dioecious (unlike A. semibraccata, A. acutibractea, A. angulate, A. eardleyae, A. leptocarpa, A. limbata, A. papillate, A. pseudocampanulata, A. pumilio, A. spinbractea, A. suberata and A. turbinata). The leaves are elliptic to oblong (unlike A. nummularia and A. rhagodioiode). The fruiting bracteoles are free and sessile (unlike A. stipitate) Bracteoles are without inflated spongy appendages (unlike A. vasicaria).