A low prostrate shrub with procumbent trailing stems, forming a dense mat 15 cm in height, up to 1 m in diam. Stems glabrous, flushed with red, tending to root at nodes. Leaves acicular, 1.0-2.5 cm long, with a thickened apical callous, semi-terete, upper surface occasionally slightly canaliculate; glabrous; ascending or occasionally subsecund to secund. Inflorescences borne on short branchlets; obovoid, 1-1.5 cm in diam., overtopped by the surrounding leaves, 15-20 flowered. Involucral bracts 2-3 seriate, lanceolate, acute to accuminate, 5-7 mm long, outer surface of outer bracts glabrous, margins ciliate; outer surface of inner bracts sparsely pubescent. Floral bracts linear subulate, 6-7 mm long, sericeous. Perianth pink, 8-10 mm long; claws straight, sericeous; limbs very narrowly lanceolate acute, glabrous; tube 0.5 mm long. Style filiform, to 12 mm, tapering terminally, puberulous above the ovary, the remainder glabrous. Pollen presenter 1 mm long, linear acute. Ovary ovoid, 1 mm long, puberulous. Flowering has been recorded as taking place from August to November.
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Mat-forming shrublet to 0.2 x 1 m, with trailing branches. Leaves needle-like. Flower heads solitary, nested among leaves, pink, 10-15 mm diam., outer involucral leaves with hairy margins.
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