Woody shrub to 1 m high, bisexual. Stems terete. Leaves sessile, obovate, 9–32 mm long, 4–16 mm wide, 1.7–2.9 times longer than broad, denticulate to dentate, acute or obtuse, with moderate to dense non-glandular hairs, resinous; sessile glands transparent. Capitula solitary, narrowly campanulate to cylindrical, 5.5–7.5 mm long; peduncles 0–5 mm long; outer involucral bracts pilose and densely glandular, resinous, with margin slightly fimbriate; inner bracts linear to lanceolate, 5–6 mm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, acute, glabrous on outer surface, with upper margins entire. Disc florets 3–8; corolla tube cylindrical, 5–6 mm long, pink; lobes 4, 0.4–0.6 mm long, glabrous or glandular. Fertile achenes produced only by marginal florets, ellipsoid, 0.6–0.9 mm long. Pappus bristles of marginal florets 20–25, 4–5 mm long.
Grows in a wide variety of habitats, including stony gullies, sandplain, clay plains and laterite plateaux.
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