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Leaves alternate, with petioles 0.2–1.2 mm long, erect; lamina 12–19 × 2–5 mm, elliptic, narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate, acute at the apex, acute to obtuse at the base, ± rigid, densely ciliate, shaggy pubescent beneath when young, later glabrescent; midrib prominent on the lower surface.
Inflorescence spherical, 20–25 mm in diameter, compact, terminal or axillary, 50–100-flowered, composed of numerous small heads; heads (2)4–10(15)-flowered, surrounded by 4(5) membranous pubescent greenish to reddish bracteoles.
Calyx tube 8–12 mm long, glabrous below the articulation, densely shaggy pubescent above; lobes c. 2 × 1–1.3 mm, oblong or ovate, obtuse, sometimes emarginate, shaggy-pubescent outside.
Abaxial bracteole 8–11 × 3–6 mm, ovate, acute; lateral bracteoles 2, 3–7 × 2–3 mm, elliptic, acute; adaxial bracteoles 3–5 × 2–3 mm, elliptic, acute.
Bracts persistent, 6–12, greenish to slightly reddish, 7–12 × 3.5–6 mm, elliptic to ovate, acute, densely pubescent on the outer surface, ciliate.
Flowers 4-merous, white, pale yellow or yellowish-pinkish; pedicels minute, with a brush of soft hairs 3–6 mm long.
Ovary 1–2 mm long, subsessile, glabrous; disk very minute, lobed; style 4–6 mm long; stigma papillate.
Branches densely pubescent, especially above, reddish-brown; old stems and branches glabrous.
Subshrub, unbranched or branched, particularly above the middle, 50–160 cm high.
Petals 4, 0.2–0.6 mm long, linear, or lacking.
Stamens enclosed; anthers 0.5 mm long.
Seed 2 × 1 mm.
