Rounded densely branched shrub to 1 m high, finely tomentose; branchlets not spinescent. Leaves congested, erect and appressed to branch, semiterete, 1–2 mm long, finely grey-tomentose, resinous. Involucre narrowly cylindrical, spreading above, c. 10 mm long; bracts scarious with green tip, sparsely tomentose, markedly ciliate, pale yellow-resinous. Floret 1; corolla c. 10 mm long, white. Male floret: anthers partly exserted, calcarate but not tailed; sterile achene c. 3 mm long. Female floret: style branches spreading; achene narrowly cylindrical, c. 5 mm long, glabrous; pappus bristles sparsely denticulate or smooth towards apex, equal to or slightly shorter than corolla.
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