Inulanthera thodei (Bolus) Källersjö

Multi-stemmed shrub up 0.40-1.5 m, resprouting from a woody caudex, stems simple to densely branched in upper half, branches 7 mm diam., densely woolly to glabrous. Leaves suberect to spreading, linear, 10-45 x 2-3 mm, simple to trifid, lobes linear, 5-10 mm long, base cuneate, margins strongly revolute, densely whitish woolly, sometimes glabrescent, coriaceous; axillary shoots absent. Capitula in dense compound corymbs 20-40 mm across, branches 5-15 mm long, inflorescence bracts narrowly lanceolate, 5-10 x 1-2 mm. Involucre campanulate, 3-5 x 4-7 mm, cobwebby; outer bracts elliptic to lanceolate, 2-3 x 0.5-1.0 mm, acuminate, margins serrulate. Receptacle paleate. Florets 65 to 70. Pappus formed by cypsela ribs extended apically into horns 0.1-0.2 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 1-2 x 0.5-1.0 mm, prominently 8-to 10-ribbed, glabrous.