Nolletia jeanettae P.P.J.Herman

Perennial herb with mostly vertical, sometimes horizontal rootstock, diffusely branched at base, erect to ascending, scattered leafy. Annual stems delicate, up to 0.2 m, sparsely branched, reddish purple at the base, green upwards, appressed pubescent, upper part of stem also stipitate-glandular. Leaves alternate, linear-filiform, up to 40 mm long, less than 1 mm broad, smaller upwards; lower surface appressed pubescent; upper surface glabrous; margins entire, ciliate; main vein sunken on upper surface; leaves slightly folded lengthwise; upper leaves sometimes also stipitate-glandular. Capitula heterogamous, disciform, 8(-10) mm in diameter, solitary, terminal, pedunculate. Peduncle up to 65 mm long, sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular, glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent, with (0)1 or 2 bracts, bracts also stipitate-glandular. Involucre campanulate or cup-shaped, 8-10 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts in 3 rows, imbricate; outer bracts narrowly ovate, acute, 1.8-2.5 x 0.5-0.6 mm, green with very narrowly membranous, fimbriate margin, appressed pubescent; middle bracts narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, acute, 2.5-3.5 x 1 mm, central part green but narrower than in outer bracts, appressed pubescent, margins broadly membranous, purplish towards the apex, fimbriate; inner bracts narrowly obovate, acute, 3-4 x 1.0-1.2 mm, with narrow, green, appressed pubescent, central part, margins broadly membranous, purplish towards apex, fimbriate. Receptacle epaleate, foveolate. Outer female florets about 11-15, in 1 row, fertile, filiform, about 1.0-1.5 mm long, shorter than style branches, with an extended lobe on 1 side, with glandular hairs on tube and at apex; corolla pale yellowish, sometimes purplish at apex. Style 1.2-2.0 mm long, bifurcate; style branches slender, 0.5-1.0 mm, often with short, deltoid-penicillate tuft at apex, often purplish; stigmatic areas marginal, confluent at apex. Cypsela and pappus as in disc florets. Disc florets about 30-50, regular, bisexual, fertile; tubular below, tube 2.0-3.5 mm long, widening slightly upwards, with 5 short, erect lobes, 0.5-1.0 mm long; corolla greenish at base, yellowish in middle portion, darker at apex (reddish or purplish); with glandular hairs on lower part of tube and some on corolla lobes. Anthers 5, 1-2 mm long; with narrowly triangular apical appendage; base shortly caudate, ecalcarate. Style shortly exserted, 2-3 mm long, bifurcate; style branches broadly oblong, 0.6-1.0 mm long, with deltoid-penicillate apical appendages, often purplish; stigmatic areas in 2 separate lines along the margins, not reaching the apex. Cypsela brownish or dark purplish, obovoid, laterally compressed, skew to one side, 2.5-3.5 x 1 mm; covered with twin hairs, often unequal in length, apices of hairs acute to sometimes broadened; epicarpic cells oblong, arranged in regular rows. Pappus of barbellate bristles in 1 row, 2-3 mm long. Flowering time: August to January, with a peak from September to November.