Dwarf shrub, up to 0.45 m high; spreading, stems erect, ascending or pendulous, grey-woolly, glabrescent or densely glandular-pilose, closely leafy. Leaves: blade oblong in outline, pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, up to 30 mm long, including broad, ± clasping, petiole-like base, lobes up to 4 mm long; grey-woolly or glandular-pilose. Heads radiate, in an open, corymbose panicle. Involucral bracts ± 12, 4-7 mm long, ± equalling disc florets, glandular-pilose, often cobwebby at base as well. Flowers: ray florets ± 13; ray and disc florets bright canary-yellow; Jan.-Apr., Oct. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary) cylindrical, ribbed, glabrous.
Perennial shrublet, spreading. Stems erect, ascending or pendulous, up to 0.45 m high, grey-woolly, glabrescent or densely glandular-pilose, closely leafy. Leaves up to 30 mm long (including broad, ± clasping, petiole-like base), oblong, pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, lobes up to 4 mm long; grey-woolly or glandular-pilose. Inflorescence an open corymbose panicle. Capitula radiate, disc and rays bright yellow, rays ± 13, long and spreading; involucre turbinate; bracts ± 12, 4-7 mm long, glandular-pilose; calyculus bracts few, up to 6 mm long. Flowering time Feb., Mar. Cypselae cylindrical, ± 2.5 mm long, ribbed, glabrous.