Subshrub 0.6–1.0 (–2.0) m high; young stems erect, branching; older stems glabrous with pale ±corky bark. Leaves shortly petiolate; petioles 10 mm long; lamina ovate to suborbicular, 45–80 mm long, (20–) 35–40 mm wide, cuneate basally, shortly serrate, blunt apically, discolorous, finely appressed-pilose above, more densely scabrous beneath especially on the prominent veins. Capitula 3–5; peduncles 15–25 mm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, 4 mm long, c. as long as disc florets, appressed-scabrous; paleae linear-lanceolate, 5.5 mm long in flower, green. Ray florets c. 12; ligule 6–7 mm long, 2-lobed. Disc florets c. 24. Achenes usually narrowly obovoid, sometimes obcuneate, 2.5–3 mm long, 1.5 mm wide (both excluding wings), 2-angled (disc achenes) or 3-angled (ray achenes), variously corky-winged on angles, dark brown to black, usually rugose between wings. Pappus a ring of very short irregular scales, sometimes with a single fragile awn 1.5–2.0 mm long.
Usually found in well-drained sandy soils in open situations or the grassy understorey of woodlands, on a range of substrates (sandstone, limestone, calcrete, granite).
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