Shrubs to c. 1.8 m high, sometimes glaucous especially on younger growth, glabrous or some-times newer growth woolly. Leaves to c. 14 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 7–40, undivided; base attenuate or uppermost leaves sometimes with 1 small lobe per side; margin entire; venation indistinct. Capitula several to many per branch; calycular bracteoles 1–4, 0.7–1.5 (–2) mm long; involucre 3–5 mm long, c. 1–1.5 mm diam.; bracts 7–9, patchily woolly at and shortly prior to anthesis, or glabrous, and then often glaucous. Florets 8–12 (–14), all tubular. Achenes ± narrowly obloid, 2–4 mm long, with papillose hairs in bands. Pappus 4–6 mm long.
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