Stems very stout, much and densely branched; plant forming close cushions up to ± 2 dm. diam.; branchlets densely villous with white or sordid-white hairs, axillary tufts conspicuous. Lvs very close-set, at first imbricate, sessile or nearly so. Lamina ± 4-7 × 1-4 mm., linear- to ovate-oblong, obtuse to subacute, subcoriac., equally densely villous on both surfaces or glabrate above; margins ciliate. Subfloral lvs us. broader. Infl. of 2-6 fls per head. Per. densely white-silky hairy, ± 4-5 mm. long; lobes ovate-oblong. Fr. ovoid, ± 2 mm. long, villous at apex, dark brown to black.

n = 18