The tumor is
usually the same color as the gum tissue, has a smooth surface, and may be attached to the gum via a
peduncle (a stalk - like structure).
Inflorescence a densely flowered, cylindrical spike, 20 - 35 mm long, 8 - 11 mm thick near the base and narrowing slightly toward the blunt apex, solitary in the leaf axil, or solitary or in clusters of 2 - 4 in the axil of small spines on short, lateral,
usually leafless, axillary branches;
peduncles glabrous to lightly puberulent, 5 - 15 mm long, 2 - 4 mm thick, thickest just below the inflorescence; involucre
usually puberulent, 4 - lobed, the lobes spreading, located near the base of the
peduncle.