Ascending to erect, or straggling, up to 1 m. tall, us. less; branches glabrate, stout, diverging at wide angle; branchlets ascending, densely clad in silky white hairs; bark very dark brown to almost black. Lvs ± decussate, close-set when young, sessile or very nearly so. Lamina becoming patent, 5-12 × 3-7 mm., elliptic to oblong-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, acute, pale green, coriac., glabrate above, densely silky-hairy below; margins ciliate. Subfloral lvs rather broader. Infl. of (4)-8-15-fld heads. Per. white, villous, 4-7 mm.; lobes concealed by long hairs. Fr. dry.