Erect, succulent shrub, 0.3-1.0 m high, glabrous, twiggy, stems pale, rigid, bark papery. Leaves sessile, each with 2 decurrent lines on stems, ± linear, subobtuse, ± concave, 18-25 x 1.5-6.0 mm, coriaceous, glaucous, entire, pale green, axils woolly. Capitula terminal, solitary; pedicels 6-12 mm long; involucral bracts 5, oblong, acute, 8-10 mm long, edges membranous; ray florets 5, ± 10 mm long, inconspicuous, yellow. Flowering time mainly Aug. Pappus of many delicate bristles. Cypselae densely silky-villous.
Shrub, up to 1 m high. Branches with light, papery bark. Leaves linear-oblong, l,5-3.0(-6.0) mm broad, margin with few minute teeth. Corolla of female marginal flowers shortly ligulate (±10 mm long). Marginal achenes silky-villous. Flowers yellow.