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Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.2-0.9 m high; much branched; branches spreading, woody, pubescent when very young, soon glabrous, grey, leaf scars small but prominent. Leaves usually clustered at ends of branches, oblong, obtuse, acute, subcoriaceous, hispidulous; involucral leaves rather wider, velvety. Flowers 5-7, terminal. Hypanthium densely silky outside, basal part furnished with long hairs; tube subcylindrical; sepals oblong, rounded at apex, yellow. Petaloid floral outgrowths very small, membranous, hyaline. Anthers oblong, obtuse, larger than petaloid floral outgrowths. Ovary small, oblong, glabrous. Style much shorter than hypanthium tube, rigid. Stigma capitate.
Twiggy shrub, up to 0.3 m tall. Leaves clustered at branch tips, alternate to subopposite, oblong-ovate, hispidulous, involucral leaves velvety, with swollen bases. Flowers 5-7 at branch tips, ochre-yellow, hypanthium densely, silky hairy, base with long, spreading hairs, persisting in fruit, petaloid floral scales 5, small, membranous.
Twiggy shrub to 30 cm. Leaves clustered at branch tips, alternate to subopposite, oblong-ovate, hispidulous; involucral leaves velvety, with swollen bases. Flowers 5-7 at branch tips, ochre-yellow, 5-merous, hypanthium densely silky, base with long, spreading hairs persisting in fruit, petaloid floral scales 5, small, membranous.
