Perennial herb, 10-300 mm high. Stems decumbent with only terminal ends erect. Leaves scabrid, with blade linear, 9-10 x as long as broad, base auriculate or hastate. Flowers: in solitary, terminal 4-10-flowered umbels; corona lobes distinctly gibbous or curved on back, with an erect subulate point at their dorsal apex, overtopping style apex by < 1 mm; corolla with lobes spreading to reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent inside; grey-mauve, green-mauve, silvery grey or greenish white tinted dull purple; Oct.-Feb.
Perennial herb, 14-300 mm tall. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, linear, base auriculate or hastate. Umbels solitary, terminal, 4-10-flowered. Corolla lobes spreading to reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent inside. Corona lobes distinctly gibbous or curved on back with an erect subulate point at their dorsal apex. Flowers grey-mauve, green-mauve, silvery grey or greenish white tinted dull purple.