Shrub 25–40 cm high; branches diverging at 30–80º; stem wings entire, 0.3–0.5 mm wide. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate, 18–52 mm long, 7–17 mm wide, 2.6–4.7 times longer than wide; glandular hairs absent; upper surface moderately bullate; lanate hairs sparse to dense on upper surface, very dense on lower surface. Inflorescences globose to ellipsoid, 13–18 mm long, 13–16 mm wide at anthesis, 1.0–1.3 times longer than wide; peduncles 0–14 mm long. Longest inner bracts 4.8–5.6 mm long; few or no cilia visible. Female florets 26–44; corolla 3.2–4.1 mm long. Hermaphrodite floret solitary; corolla 3.5–4.3 mm long; corolla lobes 0.3–0.5 mm long, with globose sessile glands present and eglandular trichomes absent or present. Achenes 0.8–0.9 mm long, with 25–50 or more twin hairs. Pappus 3.3–4.2 mm long.
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