Corymbium glabrum L.

Roots wiry. Basal leaves glabrous; blades narrowly to broadly linear, sometimes falcate, rigid, (80-)190 (-330) mm long, (0.5-)6.8(-20.9) mm broad, apex acute, base dilated, half-clasping with submembranous margins, silky hairs prominent, margins smooth, scabrid or slightly muricated, venation prominent; texture cartilaginous to coriaceous; cauline leaves glabrous; sometimes sparsely lanate in the axils, much shorter than basal leaves 5-80 mm long, 1-6 mm broad, base clasping or half-clasping, lower ones decurrent. Corymbophore terete to angular, glabrous (95-)286(-600) mm long, 1-3.5 mm in diameter. Heads in corymbose clusters arranged in a corymb or lax panicle. Involucral bracts glabrous, upper bracts subtended by 2 to 3 smaller bracts, upper bracts (6-)8.5(-12) mm long, apex fimbriate, hyaline, usually green with purple tips or tinged purplish when fresh. Flowers mauve; pedicel present 0.5-1 mm long. Petals linear (3.5-)4.8(-6.4) mm long, cylindrical. Anthers 2-3.6 mm long including base. Ovary hirsute; style branches ca. 2 mm long, obtuse. Cypselas 4-7 mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad, linear. Pappus coroniform at base, fimbriate, bristles many ca. 1.5 mm long. Flowering time is from December to February with a peak during December and January.