Thesium pubescens A.Dc.

A much-branched subshrub, up to 1 ft. high; stem woody, subterete, shortly pubescent with somewhat reflexed hairs; branches spreading from the main stem at a wide angle, densely leafy, sulcate, pubescent; leaves linear, acute, keeled, 3-4 lin. long, more or less triangular in section, shortly ciliate-pubescent on the margins and keel or sometimes all over both surfaces; flowers in small dense terminal leafy clusters; bracts and bracteoles similar to the leaves but broader; perianth 2 lin. long; segments lanceolate, subacute, 1 lin. long, densely bearded inside; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 1/2 lin. long; style 3/4-1 lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers; fruits oblong-ellipsoid, contracted at the base, about 3 lin. long, not reticulate.