Multi-stemmed shrub 0.45-1.0 m, resprouting from a woody caudex, stems simple to sparsely branched in upper half, branches 2-3 mm diam., villous to glabrescent. Leaves suberect to recurved, elliptic, 2-8 x 1-2 mm, pinnatisect, lobes 4 to 6, linear to lanceolate, 1-2 mm long, base cuneate, margins revolute, villous or sometimes glabrescent, coriaceous; axillary shoots developed in lower leaves. Capitula in sparse compound corymbs 35-65 mm across, branches 8-20 mm long; inflorescence bracts lanceolate, 2-5 x 1-2 mm. Involucre campanulate to subglobose, 3-6 x 4-9 mm, cobwebby to glabrescent; outer bracts lanceolate, 2-3 x 1-2 mm, acuminate, margins serrulate. Receptacle paleate. Florets 65 to 70. Pappus formed by cypsela ribs extended apically into horns 0.3-0.5 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 1-2 x 0.5-1.0, prominently 8-to 10-ribbed, glabrous.
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