Dense, bushy shrub to 2 m high. Young stems densely felted tomentose. Leaves somewhat crowded; petiole 1–2 mm long; lamina linear, 20–40 mm long, (1–) 1.5–3 mm wide, marginally recurved, apiculate, densely white-tomentose below, green and glabrous above. Capitula 1.5–2 mm diam., crowded in a terminal corymb, level with or shorter than surrounding leaves, sweetly scented; involucral bracts in 4 series, ovate to oblong, 1–3 mm long, erect, rounded and scarious on tips. Florets all bisexual. Corollas cream. Cypselas ellipsoidal, c. 0.75 mm long, brown; pappus c. 2 mm long, white.
Common and widespread at low altitudes (lowlands), including in exposed positions and in paddocks. Prefers exposed sites, forest edges and new clearings; occurs on both basalt and calcarenite soils (Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) 2007: 128).
Useful for revegetation near the coast (Hutton 2002: 59). It is a very useful plant for revegetation, being fast growing and providing dense foliage as a good windbreak. It is propagated at the Lord Howe Island nursery for revegetation projects (Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) 2007: 128).
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