Oldenburgia intermedia Bond

Dwarf cushion-forming shrub with thick woody branches and silky-woolly leaf-bases. Cushions up to 600 mm in diameter, often less. Leaves narrow-elliptic, obtuse, 20-55 mm long, 7-17 mm wide. Peduncle 90-220 mm long, floccose with several very reduced leaves, with a single capitulum. Involucre globose in bud, globose-urceolate in flower, 20-32 mm long, 20-30 mm wide. Involucral bracts 4-6-seriate, ovate to lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, densely woolly except for the glabrescent tips. Ray florets sub-uniseriate, 30-35, white, occasionally tinged pink or with pink tips; tube 10-13 mm long, outer lip 3-toothed 17-20 mm long, inner lobes about 12 mm long; anthers 8-10 mm long, including 2-3 mm long tail; style 24-28 mm long, achenes elliptic, densely hairy, 7 mm long, 1.5 mm wide; pappus of about 25 barbellate bristles, mostly 17 mm long, a few slender and only 6 mm long. Disc florets about 80, white, occasionally with pink tips, soon fading to light brown, tube 10-13 mm long, lobes 12-15 mm long; anthers about 11 mm long, including 2 mm long tails; style 30-33 mm long; achenes elliptic, densely hairy, 10-12 mm long, 2 mm wide, pappus of 25-30 barbellate bristles, mostly 17 mm long but a few slender ones only 6 mm long.