Helichrysum dunense Hilliard

Perennial (?) herb, taproot woody, stems many from the crown, up to 600 mm long, loosely branched, more or less prostrate, thinly white or greyish-white woolly, closely leafy. Leaves mostly 6-10 x 2.5-4.5 mm, spathulate, apex rounded, base broad, half-clasping, both surfaces closely greyish-white woolly. Heads homogamous, cylindric-campanulate, ±4-5 x 3 mm, several clustered at the branch tips closely surrounded by leaves. Involucral bracts in 4 series, soon caducous, outer short, webbed with wool to surrounding leaves, others subequal, about equalling the flowers, not radiating, translucent, often tinged purple, tips abruptly acute, opaque, light golden-brown. Receptacle nearly smooth. Flowers ±9-12. Achenes 0.75 mm long, glabrous. Pappus bristles many, about equalling the corolla, scabrid, bases with obsolete patent cilia.