Bushy, much-branched shrub or small tree, up to c. 2-(3) m tall, not armed. Stems ribbed, lanate when young but soon almost glabrous. Lvs lanate when young, soon glabrous, coriaceous, obovate to elliptic, acute or obtuse, mucronate, irregularly serrate with (1)-3-9 teeth on each side, 35-70-(90) × 10-35 mm; lvs subtending infl. smaller, narrower and with fewer teeth. Capitula (15)-25-30-(35) mm diam., in loose bracteate corymbs. Involucral bracts in 3 rows, sparsely hairy and glandular; outer bracts linear-lanceolate to narrow-triangular, 2-3 mm long; inner bracts ovate to ovate-triangular, 4-6 mm long, with more conspicuous membranous margins. Ray florets (3)-5-6-(7); ligules bright yellow, 8-13-(15) mm long; disc florets numerous, yellow. Drupes subglobose, black when ripe, 6-9 mm diam., very hard with a thin fleshy covering.