Inulanthera dregeana (Dc.) Källersjö

Multi-stemmed shrub 1-2 m, resprouting from a woody caudex, stems simple or sparsely branched in upper half, branches 3-6 mm diam., grey lanate to glabrescent. Leaves spreading to recurved, oblong to narrowly ovate, 8-45 x 3-5 mm, lobes 3 to 5, linear to lanceolate, 2 mm long, base tapering or cuneate, margins entire to serrulate, thickened, ± discolorous, upper surface sparsely pubescent or glabrous, lower surface thinly and unevenly cobwebbed, sometimes glabrescent, coriaceous; axillary shoots developed in upper leaves. Capitula in dense compound corymbs 35-130 mm across, primary branches 20-40 mm long, secondary branches 10-20 mm long; inflorescence bracts narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 1-5 x 1-2 mm. Involucre campanulate to subglobose, 3-5 x 3-6 mm, cobwebbed or glabrous; outer bracts ovate to elliptic, 2-4 x 1-2 mm, acuminate, margins serrulate. Receptacle paleate. Florets 25 to 30. Pappus formed by cypsela ribs extended apically into horns 0.2-0.3 mm long, sometimes becoming broadly membranous and forming scales, partially fused into a coroniform structure. Cypselas obconic, 1-2 x ±0.5, prominently 8-to 10-ribbed, glabrous to scabrid, sometimes with sessile glands between them.