Lax, much-branched, willowy shrub to 2 m. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate; involucral leaves whorled, slightly broader, margins sometimes ciliate. Flowers 6-30 at branch tips, pale cream-green, ovary portion and sepal tips often pink, hypanthium pilose, petaloid floral scales 8, finger-like, variable.
Dwarf shrub, up to 2 m high; of variable habit. Leaves alternate; appressed along stem; blade narrowly linear-ovate, 5-7 mm long, glabrous. Flowers: in axils of upper leaves, not distinctly capitate; petals 8; calyx with tube 3-4 mm long, white; Oct., Nov.