Shrub, loosely branched, to 2 m high. Leaves alternate, glabrous, slightly succulent; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, (6–) 7–11 cm long, (2–) 2.5–5 cm wide, attenuate onto petiole, slightly thickened on margins with c. 7 or 8 large, dentate lobes each 3–10 mm long, acute at apex; petiole 2–5 cm long. Capitula cylindrical, c. 15–25 in an almost flat-topped corymb; involucral bracts usually 8, oblong-lanceolate, 6–7 mm long, glabrous except at the shortly pubescent apex; bracteoles 3 or 4, 0.5–1 mm long, near base of capitula. Ligulate florets 5–7, pale yellow, fading to whitish; disc florets c. 10–20. Cypselas narrowly cylindrical, 3–5 mm long, pappus of many fine, soft bristles, 6–7 mm long.
Widespread and fairly common in open, moist forest areas from low ridges to mountain summits. Grows mainly on open sunny ridges, also in light canopy forest, in basalt soil (Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) 2007: 178).
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