Corymbium cymosum E.Mey. ex Dc.

Roots wiry. Basal leaves glabrous; blades linear to falcate (18-)33(-50) mm long, (2.5-)5(-8) mm broad, flat or slightly involute, apex acute, base dilated, half-clasping or nearly so, sparsely woolly in the axil of the young leaves, margins thickened, finely impressed veins, texture cartilaginous; silky hairs not so prominent at leaf bases, cauline leaves glabrous, 5-150 mm long, 1.5-8 mm broad; uppermost leaves small and reduced to lanceolate or subulate scales. Corymbophore elliptic in cross section, glabrous or slightly muricated, sometimes upper portion slightly pubescent (130-)380(-630) mm long. Heads in compact corymbose clusters arranged in a corymb. Involucral bracts glabrous; upper involucral bracts subtended by 2 or 3 smaller bracts, upper sheathing bracts (6.8-)8.5(-10.5) mm long, green with purple tips when fresh. Flowers ivory white; pedicel absent. Petals linear, acute 4-5 mm long, ca. 1.5 mm broad; corolla tube 2-3 mm long. Anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long including base. Ovary villous; style branches, obtuse. Cypselas ca. 5 mm long elliptic ovoid. Pappus coroniform, bristles ca. 2 mm long. Flowering time is from October to December with a peak in October and November.