Multi-stemmed shrub 0.30-1.0 m, resprouting from a woody caudex, stems simple or densely branched from near base, branches 6 mm diam., cobwebbed. Leaves suberect to spreading, lanceolate to obovate, 10-25 x 4-10 mm, base cuneate, margins sharply serrate, revolute, glabrous, coriaceous; axillary shoots developed in upper leaves. Capitula in dense compound corymbs 30-40 mm across, branches 5-20 mm long, inflorescence bracts linear to lanceolate, 2-10 x 3-5 mm. Involucre subglobose, 3-5 x 3-7 mm, glabrescent or glabrous; outer bracts ovate to elliptic, 2-3 x 1-2 mm, obtuse, margins serrulate. Receptacle paleate. Florets 40 to 50. Pappus formed by ribs extended apically into horns 0.1-0.3 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 1.5-2.0 x 0.5-1.0 mm, prominently 8-to 10-ribbed, scabrid.
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