stem shrubby, branched at base; branches erect, simple or cymose at the summit, rufo-tomentulose, leafy throughout; leaves alternate, sessile, linear-involute, nerve-keeled, impressdotted, glabrous; heads terminal, solitary, sessile, subtended by many leaves; fimbrils setaceous; outer inv.-scales short and broad, with short, leafy-tips, inner lanceolate, acute, spreading, subpungent; outer pappus of oblong, blunt, inner of bristle-pointed scales. Very like G. Burkei, but the leaves are involute; the fl.-heads smaller; and the inner inv.-scales broader and less acuminate. Stems 12–18 inches high; leaves 2–3–4 inches long, not 1/2 line wide. Young stems slightly tomentulose.