Forsskaolea hereroensis Schinz

Woody annual herb up to 1 m high, much branched. Stems with curved broad-based, stiff hairs interspersed with shorter puberulous hairs. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 17-40 x 10-26 mm, apex broadly acute, base decurrent, margin with teeth obsolete or in up to 4 pairs, with broad-based curved hairs, upper surface with scattered slender hooked hairs, lower surface usually with dense white wool, wool thinner on veins which often have curved broad-based, stiff hairs; petiole ±10-30 mm long; stipules broadly ovate, apex abruptly acuminate, base cordate, membranous with thicker midrib, fringed with long stiff hairs. Inflorescence with (6-)8-12-lobed involucre, dimensions of lobes as in key, otherwise as for genus. Flowers as for genus. Achenes shortly stipitate, ovoid, 2.5-3.0 x 1.50-2.25 mm, dark brown.