Twiggy shrublet 300-600 mm tall, young stems thinly white-woolly, glandular-pubescent, closely leafy throughout. Leaves spreading, later reflexed, 5-11 x 0.75-1.5 mm, linear or linear-lanceolate, very acute, apiculate, bases broad, half-clasping, margins strongly revolute, glandular-pubescent above, sometimes thinly greyish-white woolly as well, densely white-woolly below. Heads heterogamous or rarely homogamous, campanulate, ±10-12 mm long, double that across the fully radiating bracts, solitary at branchlet tips. Involucral bracts in ±10 series, graded, imbricate, inner much exceeding flowers, acute, glossy white, outer tinged light brown often with a rosy cast. Receptacle shortly honeycombed. Flowers 124-222, (0-)3-31 female, 97-196 homogamous. Achenes 1 mm long, glabrous. Pappus bristles many, equalling corolla, barbellate above, bases not cohering.
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Small shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves 5-11 x 0.75-1.50 mm, linear or linear-lanceolate, margins strongly revolute, glandular-pubescent and sometimes thinly greyish white woolly above, densely white woolly below, reflexed. Heads campanulate, 10-12 mm long, solitary. Flowers with involucral bracts glossy white, outer tinged light brown often with a rosy cast.
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