Profusely branched perennial (?) herb forming mats up to 200 mm across, or tufted, stems prostrate or decumbent, very slender, greyish-white felted, closely leafy. Leaves imbricate with woolly-backed oblong bases as long as the blade webbed to the stem, blades mostly 4-10 x 3-7 mm, elliptic-oblong to oblong-spathulate, apex rounded, both surfaces closely greyish-white woolly-felted. Heads homogamous, very rarely heterogamous, cylindric, ±5 x 2 mm, many clustered at the branch tips closely surrounded by leaves. Involucral bracts in 4 series, soon caducous, outermost short, webbed with wool to 2-3 reduced surrounding leaves, others subequal, about equalling flowers, not radiating, all translucent, upper part light golden-brown, obtuse, extreme tip opaque or subopaque along the midline. Receptacle nearly smooth. Flowers 18-25, very rarely 1 female. Achenes spindle-shaped, ±1 mm long, glabrous in type material, with duplex hairs in other collections. Pappus bristles many, about equalling corolla, delicate, scabrid, bases cohering lightly by patent cilia.
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Much-branched, perennial herb, forming mats up to 200 mm in diam., or tufted. Stems ± prostrate, greyish white-felted, closely leafy. Leaves with bases webbed to the stem, blades 4-10 x 3-7 mm, elliptic-oblong to oblong-spathulate, both sides closely greyish white-woolly. Capitula homogamous, cylindric, 5 x 2 mm, many clustered at branch tips closely surrounded by leaves; involucral bracts soon caducous, outermost webbed to 2 or 3 reduced surrounding leaves, all translucent, light golden-brown. Flowers 18-25. Flowering time Feb.-Dec. Pappus of many bristles, delicate. Cypselae spindle-shaped, 1 mm long, glabrous or hairy.
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