Hilliardiella elaeagnoides (Dc.) Swelank. & J.C.Manning

Herbaceous perennial, 0.08-1.0 m tall, with erect annual stems from woody rootstock; stem simple or rarely branching from upper axils, closely or more laxly leafy, striate, densely appressed silvery-silky and gland-dotted; eglandular vestiture of medifixed T-shaped hairs. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, sometimes scattered, rarely with small axillary tufts, ovate-lanceolate to sub-rotund, usually not more than twice as long as broad, (6-)15-30(-40) x 5-20 (-25) mm, acute to acuminate, base cuneate, margins sometimes undulate, strongly discolorous, upper surface thinly silky or glabrescent and gland-dotted, lower surface gland-dotted and densely appressed silvery-silky with prominently raised pinnate venation, eglandular hairs medified T-shaped; petiole 0.5-2.0 mm long. Capitula corymbose or sometimes sub-umbellate, 15-to 20-flowered. Involucre campanulate, 5-8 mm diam. when pressed; bracts ±4-seriate, gland-dotted and silvery-grey sericeous-tomentose, purplish at tips; outer two series subulate, 1-2 x 0.5 mm, inner two series oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 5-6 x 1.0-1.5 mm Florets purple, perianth 5-7 mm long, gland-dotted and with appressed hairs on upper part of tube and lobes, lobes 1.5-2.0 mm long. Anthers sagittate with ovate apical appendages. Style 3 mm long, branches 2 mm long. Cypselas sub-cylindric, 4-or 5-ribbed, 2-3 mm long, gland-dotted and sericeous; pappus biseriate, outer scales 1-2 mm long, inner bristles 4-6 mm long, whitish.