Woody shrub to 60 cm high, bisexual. Stems narrowly winged. Leaves sessile, narrowly oblanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, 9–50 mm long, 2–7 mm wide, 4.5–12 times longer than broad, denticulate or dentate, acute, glabrous, not resinous; sessile glands absent. Capitula solitary, hemispherical to broadly campanulate, 4–5 mm long; peduncles 1–12 mm long; outer involucral bracts glabrous or with mixture of glandular and eglandular hairs; inner bracts linear, 3.0–4.2 mm long, 0.3–0.4 mm wide, acute, glabrous. Disc florets 5–30; corolla tube cylindrical, 2–3 mm long, pink; lobes 5, 0.2–0.35 mm long, not glandular. Fertile achenes produced by all florets, cylindrical, 0.6–0.8 mm long. Pappus bristles of marginal florets 10–13, 1.8–2.5 mm long.
Inhabits creek flats, dry rivers, lake shores, claypans, swamps, floodplains and valleys; frequently occurs in seasonally wet areas and on salt-affected terrain, including sites adjacent to coastal mangroves.
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