Leaves alternate, sessile, 12–20(24) × 2–4 mm, narrowly elliptic, acute, coriaceous, ± pilose beneath, margins ciliate; nerves prominent.
Bracts 5–7, 5–8 × 1–3 mm, narrowly ovate, acuminate, pubescent, with prominent nerves beneath.
Flowers 4-merous, pale or sulphur-yellow, densely pubescent; pedicels c. 1 mm long, pilose.
Inflorescence a terminal head, sessile or shortly peduncled, 10–20-flowered.
Ovary subsessile, glabrous; disk cup-like, minute; style 2–3 mm long.
Branches erect, numerous from a woody rootstock, pubescent.
Petals 0.5–1 mm long, elliptic or somewhat club-shaped.
Tufted herbaceous shrub or subshrub, 15–30 cm high.
Stamens subsessile, anthers 0.7–1 mm long.