Shrub 30–120 cm high; branches diverging at 30–60º; stem wings prominently toothed, 0.5–3 (–4) mm wide. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 12–48 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, 3.5–13 times longer than wide; glandular hairs present; upper surface conspicuously bullate; lanate hairs absent or sparse on both surfaces. Inflorescences globose, 11–16 mm long, 11–14 mm wide at anthesis, 1–1.2 times longer than wide; peduncles 1–20 mm long. Longest inner bracts 3.5–4.0 mm long; few or no cilia visible. Female florets 14–20; corolla 2.3–2.8 mm long. Hermaphrodite floret 1, rarely 2; corolla 2.7–3.4 mm long; corolla lobes 0.4–0.5 mm long, with globose sessile glands present and eglandular trichomes absent. Achenes 0.8–0.95 mm long, with 25–50 twin hairs. Pappus 2.2–2.9 mm long.
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