Eumorphia davyi Bolus

Ericoid shrub, 0.18-2.0 m high, single-stemmed at base becoming branched only in upper third, forming a compact, rounded bush, glabrous. Stem very rough. Leaves alternate, imbricate, up to 11 x 0.5 mm, glabrous, acute, mucronulate. Capitula shortly pedunculate or subsessile, radiate. Involucre campanulate, 5-6 x 6 mm, finely hairy. Involucral bracts in 3 rows, imbricate; outer narrow, 3-4 x 0.5 mm, slightly hairy; middle lanceolate, 4-6 x 1 mm, acuminate, lacerate membranous; inner with ovate apex, 6-7 x 1 mm, membranous, discolorous. Receptacle conical, epaleate. Ray florets female, fertile, white; corolla limb oblong, 3-toothed, 7 mm long; corolla tube 2 mm long. Style up to 1.8 mm long, linear, branched, style branches 0.2 mm long, round with stigmatic areas along edges. Ovary 3 mm long, slightly striate. Disc florets many, bisexual, fertile, yellow; corolla limb 1 mm long; corolla tube 0.8 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes ovate, 0.15 mm long. Anthers minutely caudate, apex round; filaments thickened. Style linear, 1.8 mm long, branched, style branches 0.2 mm long, truncate with stigmatic areas along edges. Ovary 1.8 mm long. Cypsela closely ribbed, slightly curved, 2.2 mm long, glabrous but minutely papillose especially on ribs, crowned with thickened apical rim. Pappus absent.