Tetradymia tetrameres (S.F.Blake) Strother

Shrubs, 30–200 cm. Stems 1–10+, erect (wandlike), unarmed, evenly pannose. Leaves: primaries linear-filiform, flaccid, 10–40 mm; secondaries filiform-spatulate, 10–20 mm, sparsely tomentose. Heads 4–6. Peduncles 1–3 cm. Involucres turbinate, 8–9 mm. Phyllaries 4–5, oval-elliptic. Florets 4–5; corollas pale yellow, ca. 8 mm. Cypselae 5–6 mm, densely pilose (hairs 4–7 mm); pappi of ca. 20, coarse bristles or subulate scales 3–5 mm. 2n = 60.