Perennial, rhizomatous herbs to c. 2 (–3) m high, densely appressed-woolly on stems and branches. Leaves 1-or 2-pinnatisect, to c. 10 cm long, petiole-like basally, entire, ±concolorous; rachides and ultimate segments usually 1–2 mm wide; primary segments commonly 2 or 3 per side; both surfaces completely obscured by appressed hairs. Capitula in leafy panicles, 3–7 mm diam., subsessile or with peduncle to c. 2 cm long; involucre 3–5 mm long, densely woolly; most bracts of similar length; receptacle densely hairy. Marginal florets c. 10; corolla c. 1.2 mm long. Disc florets numerous; corolla c. 1.5 mm long; tube as broad as and as long as limb, becoming firm, creamy-white; limb yellow. Achene of disc florets obovoid, c. 0.7 mm long.
A herb or small shrub. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are finely divided and silvery. The flowers are in heads and are bright yellow.