Shrub, up to 0.9 m high. Leaves narrowly linear-ovate, apex acute. Flowers: in terminal heads; bracts prominently overlapping, membranous, brownish; petals absent; calyx with tube 12-15 mm long, rich yellow; Jul.-Oct.
Shrub, up to 0.9 m high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers pentamerous, in terminal heads. Involucral bracts conspicuous, coloured. Petals absent. Flowers rich yellow.