A low shrublet to 70 cm in height, up to 1 m in diam., with a single main stem; erect, or suberect to straggling. Stems 1-3 mm in diam., pubescent to glabrous. Leaves ascending to patent, occasionally subimbricate; narrowly lanceolate-elliptic to oblanceolate, 8-14 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, occasionally slightly twisted at base; apex acute to obtuse; sparsely sericeous to glabrous. Inflorescences obconic-depressed, 1-1.5 cm in diam., becoming flattened on opening. Involucral bracts 2 seriate; lanceolate-elliptic, 6-10 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, obtuse, or acute, minutely pubescent to glabrous, drying to brown and becoming papyraceous. Receptacle 2 mm in diam., slightly convex. Floral bracts linear, sericeous, 1 cm long. Perianth 8-10 mm long, white, sericeous; claws linear, limbs acuminate. Style straight, 12-14 mm long, very sparsely sericeous in the lower half, tapering terminally. Anthers sessile, narrowly lanceolate. Ovary 1 mm long, ovoid, sericeous. Flowering takes place intermittently throughout the year.
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Sprawling, single-stemmed shrublet to 0.7 x 1 m. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic. Flower heads solitary, white to cream-coloured, 10-15 mm diam., involucral leaves usually becoming brown and papery.
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