HABIT	PERENNIAL HERB OR UNDERSHRUB, 0.5-2 M TALL.
STEMS	DENSELY HAIRY, DICHOTOMOUS (Y-SHAPED) BRANCHING, BRANCHES NUMEROUS, LONG, ASCENDING, ANGULAR, FINELY PUBESCENT.
LEAVES	ELLIPTIC, OBLANCEOLATE OR OBOVATE, 1.5-7 CM LONG AND 0.7-2 CM WIDE, ACUTE OR OBTUSE AT APEX, ATTENUATE AND SUBPETIOLATE AT BASE, MARGINS SHALLOWLY SERRATE, WHITISH PILOSE ON BOTH SURFACES.
FLOWERS	YELLOW, BORNE IN HEADS IN THE FORKS OF DICHOTOMOUS BRANCHES.
FRUITS	ACHENES TRIANGULAR COVERED WITH STIFF HOOKED HAIRS AND HAVE EITHER A STRAIGHT OR CURVED PAIR OF SPINES AT THE TOP.