Hymenolepis incisa Dc.

Single stemmed shrub to 1.5 m, sparsely branched in upper half; branches densely leafy above, glabrous but mealy at nodes. Leaves spreading, remaining ± equally sized and dense towards synflorescence, narrowly ovate to elliptic, 10-20 x 4-9 mm, weakly pinnatisect with 3 to 5 (to 9) lobes, lobes linear, 3-10 x 2.0-2.5 mm, glabrous, margins revolute, coriaceous, green. Capitula aggregated into highly congested, compound corymbs, peduncles ± obscured; synflorescence 25-45 mm diam., peduncular bracts lanceolate to linear, 3-8 mm long. Involucre narrowly cylindrical to obconical, spreading apically, 6-10 mm long, involucral bracts 8 or 9 unequal, narrowly ovate to oblong, 3-5 x 0.5-1.0 mm, felted, without scarious margins, brownish-gold with dark tips. Florets 4 to 6. Pappus of basally united, lanceolate scales. Cypselas narrowly obovoid to oblong, 1-2 x 0.3-0.6 mm, ribs glabrous.