stem robust, suffruticose, simple or sparingly branched; branches closely leafy for about half their length, pedunculoid upwards, densely and softly white-woolly as well as the leaves; leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong, half-clasping, acute, one-nerved, thick; heads solitary, peduncled, very many-fl.; inv. campanulate, loosely radiating, the outer scales sessile, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, inner stipitate, elongate, lanceolate-acuminate. Stems 6–12 inches to 2 ft. high, branched chiefly near the base; branches erect, simple, in δ. multifid at the summit. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1/2– 3/4 inch wide, mostly acute. Heads 1 1/2 inch across. Inv. scales a dull, ochraceous white, brighter in δ. Recept. deeply honey-combed and toothed.
