Viscid, aromatic, well-branched shrublet, up to 600 mm high; stems and leaves rough with glandular hairs. Leaves sessile, alternate, oblong in outline, up to 50 x 20 mm, once or twice pinnatisect, the segments very narrow, sometimes lobulate, sub-acute, base half-clasping. Capitula solitary, showy, on long remotely leafy or bracteate peduncles terminating upper branches. Involucre campanulate. Involucral bracts in ±4 series, imbricate; outer shorter 3.5-4.0 mm long; middle up to 5 mm long; inner 5.5-6.0 mm long, all ovate, gland-dotted, apices obtuse to acute. Ray florets female, fertile, blue or white; corolla limb 6.5-7.0 x 2 mm, oblong-elliptic; corolla tube up to 2.8 mm long, glandular, cylindric. Style up to 2.8 mm long, branched, linear, style branches 2.2 mm long. Ovary up to 2 mm long, glabrous, obovate in outline. Disc florets functionally male, yellow, 5-lobed; lobes ovate, 0.2 mm long; corolla limb glandular, 2.5-3.0 mm long; corolla tube 1 mm long, glandular. Style 4.0-4.5 mm long, branched, style branches 0.2 mm long, linear with pollen sweeping hairs, which cover style below point of bifurcation. Anthers linear, minutely caudate, with ovate apical appendages. Ovary up to 2.5 mm long. Cypselae ±6 mm long, glabrous, narrowly obovate, somewhat 3-angled, obscurely winged, obscurely transversely wrinkled, light yellowing-brown.
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Small shrub, up to 0.6 m high; all parts rough with conspicuous glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, sessile; blade oblong in outline, 50 x 20 mm, once or twice pinnatisect, ultimate segments very narrow, ± 1 mm, base half-clasping, glandular-hairy. Heads radiate, solitary, on long peduncles. Involucral bracts in several series (± 4), imbricate, outer much shorter than inner, ovate, apices obtuse to acute. Flowers: ray florets female, fertile, blue or white; disc florets functionally male, yellow; Sep.-Mar. Fruit with cypsela narrowly obovate, somewhat 3-angled, obscurely winged, light yellowish brown. Pappus absent.
Small shrub, up to 0.6 m high, all parts rough with conspicuous glandular hairs. Leaves once or twice pinnatisect, ultimate segments very narrow, ± 1 mm. Involucral bracts in several series (± 4), outer much shorter than inner. Flowers with blue or white rays, disc yellow.