Perennial, dwarf shrub, 0.1-0.2 m high. Bracts and bracteoles usually longer than sepals, margins entire or denticulate. Sepals: outer ones white to green, acuminate into a mucro. Flowering time Sept.-May.
Pungent, subwoody shrub, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves obovate, shortly hairy, with smooth margins. Flowers in short axillary inflorescences with prominent spine-tipped bracts, whitish.