Shrub 0.3–1.2 m high; stems glabrous; nodes prominent. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, narrowly obovate to elliptic, 7–20 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, mid green, usually slightly paler on lower surface, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, usually pendulous, a many-flowered head; involucral bracts 4, 6 or 8, sessile, ovate or elliptic, 10–17 mm long, 6–9 mm wide, thin, glabrous, pale green or yellow-green, sometimes reddish. Flowers bisexual, white; floral tube 14–15 mm long, glabrous outside, hairy inside, style-portion longer than ovary-portion, circumscissile above ovary; sepals spreading, c. 4 mm long, glabrous inside; pedicel hairy; stamens usually longer than sepals; anthers opening somewhat laterally; style exserted. Fruit dry, enclosed. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
