Sclerolaena napiformis

Procumbent to semi-erect subshrub, usually several-branched from base; stems spreading or ascending (rarely erect) to c. 50 cm long, branches slender, sparsely covered with short erect or curled hairs. Leaves linear to narrowly obovate, 5–15 mm long, subglabrous on upper surface, with a few appressed hairs beneath. Fruiting perianth hard, sparsely to moderately pubescent; tube broadly turbinate, 2–3 mm long and about as wide, attached centrally at base, attachment circular, flat; apex broadly convex or truncate; limb inconspicuous; spines 5 or 6, spreading-ascending, stout, sparsely pubescent at base, 1–4 mm long, 4 more or less equal, 2 normally shorter than others and unequally developed (1 sometimes suppressed), attached to a short radicular spur. Fruits Nov.–May.