Stock stout and branched with one or several rosettes. Lvs ∞, very narrow-spathulate, c. 3 cm. × 3 mm., tip subacute, petiole ill-defined, broad part of lamina only c. 5 mm. long; hairs alike on both surfaces and all over plant, uniformly stiff, straight, closely appressed, strongly overlapping to hide epidermis completely. Lateral branches us. few, erect, up to 15 cm. long, internodes = or > lvs. Stem-lvs few, upper ones sessile, narrow-oblong, c. 6 × 2 mm., tip subacute. Cymes ebracteate, us. simple and terminal, occ. forked above uppermost If; internodes between frs > calyx; pedicels very short. Calyx c. 3 mm. long, lobes > 1/2 length, very narrow, acute; hairs as on rest of plant but sts more spreading. Corolla yellow, c. 5 mm. diam., tube 4-5 mm. long, widest at top, lobes 2.5 × 1·5 mm., ± oblong; filaments very short, anther-tips below to just above scales; style much > calyx in fr., stigma capitate. Nutlets ovate, pointed and ± keeled, c. 1·7 mm. long.

Rootstock stout with 1 or several rosettes. Lvs narrow, silvery all over with stiff, straight, closely appressed, strongly overlapping hairs. Lateral branches few, erect, internodes = or > lvs. Cymes ebracteate; some internodes between frs > calyx. Corolla yellow, c. 5 mm diam.; anther tips barely above scales.