Shrubs, (1-)2-15 × 4-16 dm. Stems: caudex absent; aerial flowering stems 0.2-0.7 dm, densely lanate to tomentose, sometimes floccose, rarely glabrous. Leaves: blade narrowly elliptic, 0.5-1.8(-2.5) × 0.1-0.2 cm, densely whitish-tomentose abaxially, mostly whitish-floccose adaxially, margins revolute or nearly so. Inflorescences (1.5-)2-4(-6) cm; branches tomentose to floccose, rarely subglabrous or glabrous. Involucres 2-3 mm, tomentose to floccose or subglabrous. Flowers 2-3 mm; perianth white to pink or rose. Achenes 2-3 mm.