a shrub with long prostrate stems, the latter long-pilose with weak hairs, rather densely so when young; internodes about 1/4 in. long; leaves 1–1 3/4 in. long, usually trifurcate in the upper third, the petiole or lower part pilose and often stouter than the segments, the latter terete, acutely mucronate; heads terminal, solitary or two at the end of a shoot, but each on its own peduncle, shortly pedunculate, 1–1 1/2 in. in diam., about 3/4 in. long; peduncle densely pubescent, bearing a few bracts similar to those of S. gracilis; floral bracts up to 1/2 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, gradually and very acutely acuminate, shortly and sparingly pubescent outside, glabrous within, with purple tips; flowers erect in bud; perianth-tube about 2 lin. long, glabrous at the base; segments 5–6 lin. long, linear, adpressed-pilose outside; limb 1 1/4 lin. long, oblong, subobtuse, rather densely adpressed-pilose outside; anthers sessile, 1 lin. long; style 1/2 in. long, slender, glabrous; stigma as in S. gracilis. null