Pentzia calcarea Kies

Sprawling, usually densely leafy, aromatic shrublet, 0.1-0.4 m tall; stems diffuse to procumbent, well branched, branches prominently fastigiate, younger branches white-or grey-felted; cortex rough. Leaves alternate, regularly arranged along upper parts of branches, spreading, 5.0-35.0 x 2.0-8.0(10) mm, 3-fid to pinnately 3-to 7(9)-lobed, uppermost often entire, lower two-thirds or more narrowed into prominent petiole-like base, 5.0-14.0(-20) mm long, densely white-or grey-felted on both surfaces, rarely glabrescent, canescent; lobes ovate to narrowly oblong, 0.5-3.0(-5.0) x ±0.5-1.0 mm, lateral lobes spreading semi-obliquely; sheath not differentiated from lamina, without secondary basal lobes, remnants of leaf ± persistent.. Capitula discoid, homogamous, always solitary; peduncle 4-35 mm long, sparsely to densely felted, greenish to light brown. Involucre hemispherical, 2.0-3.0 x 4.0-8.0 mm, prominently constricted at rim; involucre bracts 4-or 5-seriate, median resin canal absent, margins and apices scarious, membraneous apices of inner and innermost bracts 0.8-1.5 mm long; outer bracts lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1.5-2.0 mm long; middle bracts ovate, 2.0-2.5 mm long; inner bracts ovate, 2.0-3.0 mm long, strongly falcate; innermost bracts narrowly obovate, 2.5-4.0 mm long, falcate. Receptacle convex, epaleate, alveolate. Florets bisexual, numerous. Corolla 2.0-3.0 mm long, yellow, with glandular trichomes; tube 1.0-1.2 mm long; limb cupuliform to campanulate, 0.6-0.8 mm long (excluding lobes), 5-lobed; lobes triangular, spreading, ±0.5 mm long. Anthers 0.8-1.0 mm long including apical appendages, slightly sagittate at base; apical appendages ovate to broadly ovate, obtuse. Style terete with thickened base; branches ±0.5 mm long, truncate, papillate apically-dorsally. Pappus obliquely cup-shaped, adaxially longer, membranous, white, irregularly lobed. Cypselas oblong, ±1.5 x 0.5 mm, 5-ribbed, glandular trichomes between ribs, mucilaginous when soaked.