Inulanthera tridens (Oliv.) Källersjö

Multi-stemmed shrub 0.45-1.0 m, resprouting from a woody caudex, stems simple or densely branched from near base, branches 2-4 mm diam., densely grey woolly. Leaves, suberect to spreading, narrowly oblong to elliptic, 15-25 x 2-5 mm, simple to trifid or rarely 4-lobed, lobes lanceolate, 3-6 mm long, base auriculate, margins revolute, grey woolly sometimes glabrescent, coriaceous; axillary shoots absent. Capitula in dense compound corymbs 15-60 mm across, branches 15-40 mm long, inflorescence bracts linear to lanceolate, 10 x 1-3 mm. Involucre subglobose, 5-8 x 10-15 mm, densely whitish woolly; outer bracts ovate, 2-3 x 1-2 mm, attenuate, with dark markings apically, margins minutely serrulate. Receptacle paleate. Florets 30 to 75. Pappus of ribs extended apically into horns 0.2-0.3 mm long. Cypselas obovoid, 1-2 x 0.3-1.0 mm, prominently 8-to 10-ribbed, glabrous or sometimes with sessile glands between ribs.