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Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.4-1.2 m high; much branched; branches stout, pubescent at first, leaf scars not very prominent. Leaves alternate, spathulate-oblong or lanceolate; base narrowed; upper scarcely larger; appressed-silky on both surfaces. Flowers in terminal heads. Hypanthium: tube cylindrical, with long, straight hairs below, pubescent above, sepals lanceolate, obtuse. Petaloid floral scales minute, bifid, membranous. Anthers oblong, obtuse. Ovary oblong, glabrous. Style nearly as long as hypanthium tube. Stigma capitate. Flowering time all year.
Shrub to 1 m. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong to lanceolate, smoothly silky; involucral leaves shorter, with robust bases. Flowers 3-12 in terminal clusters, 5-merous, ochre, hypanthium densely silky, petaloid floral scales 5, membranous.
