Prostrate herb. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 1.7–8.0 cm long, 1.7–8.2 mm wide, with 3 strong primary veins arising from the base, entire, glabrous. Capitula solitary, broadly ovoid, 10.0–14.5 mm diam. Peduncles 3.0–13.7 cm long, glabrous. Receptacle broadly conic. Involucral bracts c. 8, 2-seriate, subequal; outer bracts broadly ovate, 4.4–6.5 mm long, glabrous; inner bracts broadly elliptic to obovate, 5.5–7.0 mm long, glabrous except weakly fimbriate at apex. Paleae rounded to weakly fimbriate and slightly expanded at apex. Corollas white, flushed purple, 2.6–3.7 mm long; expanded lower tube 2.1–3.1 mm long, 0.7–1.4 mm wide; throat 0.4–0.7 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide; lobes 0.5–0.8 mm long. Achenes not seen mature in Australian material; elsewhere ovoid, slightly curved, 4.0–4.5 mm long, strongly compressed, 2-or 3-angled, black, ± shiny, ± glabrous with just an occasional twin hair towards base, with 3 strong longitudinal ribs on each face; angles inflated, corky, creamy-white; pappus of 2 very unequal slender unbarbed awns 1–2 mm long seated on short conical corky bases.
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