Sclerolaena convexula (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott

Erect woody perennial to 30 cm high. Branches slender, cottony. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 4–10 mm long, appressed-villous. Flowers solitary. Stamens 4. Fruiting perianth hard, somewhat pubescent or shortly villous; attachment basal, circular, c. 1.2 mm diam.; tube turbinate, c. 1 mm high and 1.5 mm wide at summit; apex convex, the limb inconspicuous, pubescent; spines 3+2, 1–2 mm long, radiating, the radicular pair shorter and borne on a short radicular spur. Seed horizontal.