Straggling, tuberous, succulent perennial to 70 cm, stems from a woolly crown. Leaves lanceolate to rotund, clasping and cordate at base, glaucous. Flower heads disciform, solitary, terminal or axillary, white or yellow, involucral bracts 10-12 mm long; pappus of marginal florets much elongated in fruit, 10-12 mm long.