Frutex erectus ramosus, fide collect, cr. (0.6-)1-2(-2.5) m altus. Rami patentes, glabri, cortice in partibus iunioribus chartaceo ochroleuco, demum cinereo, in partibus vetustioribus rimoso obtecti, usque ad capitula foliati; in axillis foliorum innovationem reductam aculeam conicam tomenti plenam simulantem gerentes. Folia opposita summis interdum alternis exceptis, sessilia, in statu sicco rigidi-membranacea vel subcoriacea, (in vivo leviter carnosa?), ovata vel elliptica, basi saepe in auriculas rotundatas producta, subcordata, rarius ± rotundata vel cuneatim angustata, (2-)3-6(-10) cm longa, (1.5-)2-4(-6) cm lata, apice acuta vel subrotundata, in spinam tenuem flexilem 1-5 mm longam excurrentia, margine plana, integerrima, inermia vel paucis spinis ei in apice similibus obsita, supra et subtus glabra (raro primum floccosi-araneosa, mox glabrescentia). Capitula ligulis expansis 4-7 cm diam. Involucri squamae glabrae, exteriores 4-5, foliaceae, late ovatae, cr. 18-35 mm longae, cr. 15-30 mm latae, apice rotundatae vel subacutae, in spinam tenuem cr. 1 mm longam excurrentes, margine inermes, rarius paucis spinis ei in apice similibus obsitae; sequentes cito minores et transeuntes in interiores numerosiores uniseriatas ovati-lanceolatas vel triangulati-lanceolatas 2-6 mm longas 1-5 mm latas in spinulam subpungentem cr. 0.5 mm longam excurrentes margine brevissime et minutissime ciliatas. Receptaculum profunde alveolatum alveolis achaenia matura tota includentes pappo interdum incluso; parietes in parte centrali membranaceae, in partibus marginalibus incrassatae et indurescentes; margines parietum integerrimae inermes. Achaenia non solum in partibus marginalibus receptaculi, sed etiam in parte centrali ad maturitatem pervenientia, pilis sericeis brevibus vel brevissimis obtecta. Pappi squamae uniseriatae, cr. 20, lanceolatae vel lineari-lanceolatae, plumosi-laceratae, 1-1.5 mm longae.
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A shrub or dense narrow tree. It grows to 3 m high. The bark is pale brown and rough. It flakes off in long strips. The leaves are opposite and each pairs is at right angles to the next. The leaves are simple and broadly oval. They are 2-6 cm long by 1.3-5 cm wide. They are succulent. They can have cobweb like hairs. The edges are toothed with a spine at each tooth. The flowers are in daisy-like heads. They are yellow and 6 cm across. The fruit are small seed-like nuts.
Shrub or tree, up to 2 m tall, cobwebby on young parts. Leaves opposite, ovate-to elliptic-cordate, margins ± rolled back, occasionally prickly. Flowerheads radiate, large, solitary at branch tips, yellow; outer involucral bracts large, leafy.
Shrub or tree to 2 m, cobwebby on young parts. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, cordate, margins slightly revolute, sometimes prickly. Flower heads radiate, large, solitary at branch tips, yellow, bracts leafy.
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