closely or loosely woolly; stems prostrate or diffuse, slender, much branched from the base, the branches decompound, laxly leafy throughout, white-woolly; leaves obovate or spathulate, narrowed to the base, obtuse; heads 3–6 together, sessile on short lateral twigs, subtended by floral leaves, heterogamous; inner inv. scales lanceolate, taper-pointed, reflexed, rufous or rosy. Stems 6–12 inches long, the larger specimens prostrate, variably woolly. Leaves 1/4– 1/2 inch long, 2–4 lines wide, sometimes closely, sometimes loosely woolly or shaggy, white or whitish. Infl. mostly on short, lateral branchlets. Tips of the invol. varying much in degree of acumination, in breadth and in colour; sometimes barely acute, not acuminate. DC.'s L. stramineus, of which I have seen but imperfect specimens, seems chiefly to differ by its yellowish inv. scales.
