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Information A perennial herb about 6 in. high. Stem with spreading straight branches, more or less fleshy, shortly and densely pubescent. Leaves 1/3–1 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 lin. broad, linear or oblong-linear, acute, rounded at the base, with revolute ciliate margins, glabrous above, with some hairs on the under surface, especially on the prominent midrib; petiole 1/2 lin. long. Involucres terminal, about 3 1/2 lin. in diam., on peduncles up to 1 in. long, velvety, with 5 glands forming rounded glabrescent lobes, tuberculate on their upper surface, wavy at the margins. Ovary shortly pedicellate, tomentose; styles bifid. Capsule about 2 1/2 lin. in diam., tomentose. Seeds smooth, greyish-brown.

Information Perennial. Rootstock probably a tuber. Stem dividing at ground-level into 2–3 erect or ascending branches 1/2–8 in. long, puberulous. Leaves alternate or at the inflorescence opposite or subopposite, of rather thick texture, 1/4–2 1/4 in. long, 2/3–2 1/2 lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, very shortly narrowed to a subsessile base or into a short petiole, glabrous on both sides or sometimes with a few minute curved hairs on the keel-like midrib beneath, sometimes minutely ciliate when young. Stipules minute and gland-like, or none. Peduncles solitary, arising in the forkings of the stem or falsely axillary, 1/4–1 in. long, erect, puberulous. Involucre 2–2 1/2 lin. long and 3–3 1/2 lin. in diam., broadly cup-shaped with 5 glands and 5 lobes, puberulous or tomentose, with minute curved hairs outside; glands 2/3– 3/4 lin. long and 3/4–1 1/4 lin. broad, peltate, 2-lipped, lips somewhat pressed together, forming an oblique flattened funnel-shaped cavity, with the lip on the inner side half as long as the outer, both broadly rounded, entire; lobes transversely oblong, 1 1/4–1 1/3 lin. broad, truncate and cut into a fringe of many ciliate teeth at the top. Ovary densely tomentose when young; styles short and thick, bifid at the recurved tips. Capsule not seen.

Information Perennial herb; rootstock large tuberous, producing several woody subterranean stems up to 1.5 cm thick branching at ground-level; branches erect, up to c. 10(20) cm high, or decumbent to 30 cm long, usually woody or sometimes herbaceous when produced after annual fires, shortly pubescent with crisped hairs.Leaves with a puberulous petiole to 5 mm long; stipules small, glandular, reddish; lamina to 70 × 9 mm, usually much less, linear-lanceolate, acute apiculate at the apex, rounded at the base, entire, midrib prominent beneath, margin and midrib beneath usually pubescent especially towards the base.Cymes reduced to solitary cyathia terminating leafy branches.Cyathia on pubescent peduncles 1–3(5) cm long, 4.6 × 7 mm, with cup-shaped involucres, pubescent with spreading crisped hairs; glands 5(6), distant, pink, c. 1.5 × 2.2 mm, transversely elliptic, markedly 2-lipped to funnel-shaped with a transverse opening, margins entire; lobes c. 1.75 × 2.5 mm, transversely rectangular, margin deeply toothed, ciliate.Male flowers many: bracteoles laciniate, feathery; stamens 4.5 mm long, with pedicels usually pubescent at the apex.Female flower: styles 2 mm long, pubescent, joined to halfway, with spreading recurved shortly bifid apices, channelled on the upper (inner) surface.Capsule subsessile, shallowly 3-lobed, 5 × 7 mm, densely pubescent.Seeds 3.5 × 3.2 mm, subglobose, very obtusely pointed at the apex, smooth, brown speckled.