Shrub 40–100 cm high; branches diverging at 30–90º; stem wings entire, 1.2–3.0 mm wide. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, 32–56 mm long, 11–21 mm wide, 2.1–3.5 times longer than wide; glandular hairs absent; upper surface moderately bullate; lanate hairs sparse to moderately dense on upper surface, moderately dense to dense on lower surface. Inflorescences globose to ellipsoid, 10–16 mm long, 10–13 mm wide at anthesis, 0.9–1.2 times longer than wide; peduncles 0–7 mm long. Longest inner bracts 3.4–4.3 mm long; many cilia visible. Female florets 16–23; corolla 2.2–3.0 mm long. Hermaphrodite floret solitary; corolla 2.9–3.5 mm long; corolla lobes 0.35–0.5 mm long, with globose sessile glands present and eglandular trichomes absent or present. Achenes 0.7–0.9 mm long, with 25–50 twin hairs. Pappus 2.3–3.1 mm long.
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