Shrub 40–100 cm high; branches diverging at 30–60º; stem wings entire or sparsely toothed, 0.7–2.0 mm wide. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, 20–66 mm long, 4–15 mm wide, 3.3–5.8 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 or ellipsoid, 10–15 mm long, 10–14 mm wide at anthesis, 1–1.4 times longer than wide; peduncles 0–22 mm long. Longest inner bracts 3.5–4.6 mm long; few or no cilia visible. Female florets 17–29; corolla 2.4–3.2 mm long. Hermaphrodite floret solitary; corolla 2.5–3.7 mm long; corolla lobes 0.4–0.6 mm long, with globose sessile glands present and eglandular trichomes absent. Achenes 0.7–1.0 mm long, with 25–50 twin hairs. Pappus 2.3–3.3 mm long.
Grows on a wide range of soils, geologies and landforms. In arid areas, it is found mostly near creeks and lakes.
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