Osteospermum elsieae Norl.

Frutex vel suffrutex in pleiochasium diffuse ramosus; rami primo leviter floccoso-arachnoidei mox glabrescentes 1-2 mm crassi nervo medio foliorum decurrenti angulati angulis laeves vel remote aculeolati; internodia plerumque 0.3-1.5 cm longa vel in ramis floriferis longiora. Folia alterna ± distincte petiolata, petiolis 2-5 mm longis basi semiamplexicaulibus; lamina coriacea late elliptica vel suborbicularis (vel in ramis floriferis obovata-oblanceolata) c. 1.5-0.7 cm longa et 1.2-0.5 cm lata supra glabra (vel primo parum arachnoidea) subtus indumento arachnoideo-lanato cano vestita basi sat abrupte cuneata apice obtusa vel rotundata calloso-mucronata margine integerrima aculeolata leviter revoluta; nervus medius subtus elevatus. Capitula in apici-bus ramulorum solitaria; pedunculi + arachnoideo-lanati 0.3-1 cm longi bracteis paucis lanceolatis vel lineari-subulatis instructi. Involucri squamae imbricatae 2-seriatae virides apicem versus saepe rubro-violaceae dorso arach-noideo-lanatae canae acuminatae marginibus albido-scariosis, exteriores lineari-lanceolatae c. 3 mm longae c. 1 mm latae, interiores oblongo-oblanceolatae c. 5 mm longae c. 2 mm latae. Flores radii 7-8; ligulae flavae vel interdum rufescentes involucrum fere 5-6 mm superantes; flores disci flavi c. 4 mm longi. Achaenia glabra cylindracea c. 4 mm longa c. 1.5 mm diam.