Thinly woolly perennial from woody rootstock, up to 0.6 m tall. Leaves crowded at base, linear-oblanceolate, margins revolute, toothed, discolorous, densely woolly below. Flowerheads radiate, in lax corymbs, yellow. Cypselas smooth, oblong.
Thinly woolly perennial from woody rootstock, to 60 cm. Leaves crowded at base, linear-oblanceolate, margins revolute, toothed, discolorous, densely woolly below. Flower heads radiate, in lax corymbs, yellow. Achenes smooth, oblong.