Almaleea paludosa

Slender, trailing shrub, branches to 1 m long; stems densely pubescent when young. Leaves narrowly ovate to elliptic, 6–8 mm long, 1–2 mm wide; apex acute; both surfaces glabrous, the lower with a dark purplish-brown central band; margin flat, scabrous, sparsely ciliate when young; stipules linear, c. 5 mm long, tips with several fine hairs c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a dense head of c. 6–12 flowers; bracts 1.5–3 mm long, outer ones broadly ovate, hairy except at tip, inner ones narrowly lanceolate, densely hairy; calyx 3–4 mm long, hairy; bracteoles attached to pedicel immediately below calyx tube, linear, c. 2 mm long, densely hairy; standard c. 4 mm wide; ovary and base of style densely hairy. Flowers Sep.–Oct.