Stout rigid, much-branched, up to 1 m. or more tall, us. less; branchlets clad in short grey to fulvous hairs, lf-scars prominent, bark almost black. Lvs quadrifariously imbricate, on very short petioles. Lamina at first ascending, becoming subpatent, 5-10 × 3-5 mm., oblong-ovate to elliptic-oblong, obtuse to subacute, keeled, very coriac., glab., lateral veins evident to obscure. Subfloral lvs broad-ovate, ± 10 × 7 mm. Infl. of 9-12-fld heads. Per. (6)-9-10-(15) mm. long, white to pink, silky-hairy within and without. Fr. dry, ± 4 mm. long.