branches densely hirsute; leaves ovate-orbicular, very concave, obtuse, imbricating, many-nerved, sparsely hispid on the upper, very densely hirsute and shaggy on the under (outer) surface; flowers sub-capitate; bracts broadly ovate, longer than the pedicel, densely hirsute as well as the acutely lobed calyx. A tall, stout shrub, 2–4 feet high, with long, erect, virgate branches closely imbricated with very concave, almost cymbiform leaves, whose outer surfaces are thickly covered with long, white, straight, rigid, coarse hairs. Leaves 1/2 inch long and broad, the veins visible on the upper or inner surface, which is green, thinly sprinkled with a few hairs. Hairs of the inflorescence often rust coloured. Flowers 3–4 or more, subsessile at the ends of the branches.—Quite unlike any other species.
