Garuleum sonchifolium (Dc.) Norl.

Glandular-pubescent, viscidulous, aromatic, perennial herb, suffrutex or dwarf-shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, sessile, ear clasping at bases, membranous, netted-veined, inciso-pinnatifid; the lobes short, sharply few-toothed, all teeth acuminate. Capitula pedunculate, radiate. Peduncle mostly solitary, rarely in a corymb. Involucre campanulate, 9-10 x 3 mm Involucral bracts sub-biseriate, lanceolate-acuminate, 8.0-10.0 x 2-3 mm Ray florets ±15-20, female, fertile, purple-blue, violet-blue, blue; corolla limb oblong-elliptic, 8-10 x 4 mm; corolla tube cylindric, up to 3 mm long, glandular. Style up to 4 mm long, linear branched, style branches ±2.2 mm long. Ovary up to 2 mm long, glabrous, obovate in outline. Disc florets functionally male, yellow; lobes ovate, 0.2 mm long; corolla limb 5 mm long. Style 5 mm long, branched, style branches 0.2 mm long, linear with pollen sweeping hairs, which cover style below the point of bifurcation, for same length as that of branches. Anthers linear, minutely caudate with ovate apical appendages. Ovary up to 3 mm long. Cypselae 5.5 mm long, glabrous, three-angles, obpyramidial, strongly rugose.