HABIT	A HERBACEOUS TO WOODY PERENNIAL WITH A BUSHY HABIT WHICH FORMS A VERY DENSE THICKET.
STEMS	UP TO 2 M TALL. TERETE AND BECOME WOODY. TWIGS ARE SLIGHTLY STRIOLATE LONGITUDINALLY, PUBESCENT, OPPOSITE-DECUSSATE.
LEAVES	SIMPLE, OPPOSITE-DECUSSATE AND WITHOUT STIPULES. THEY ARE RHOMBOID-OVATE TO OVATE WITH AN ACUTE APEX AND A CUNEATE BASE. THE BLADES ARE TRINERVED A FEW MILLIMETERS AFTER THE BASE, ROUGHLY CRENATE-SERRATE BEYOND THEIR MAXIMUM BREADTH, SLIGHTLY PUBESCENT ABOVE AND PUBESCENT WITH NUMEROUS SMALL YELLOW DOTS BELOW.
FLOWERS	CAPITULA ARE GROUPED IN 1, 3 OR 5 CONVEX TRICHOTOMIC CORYMBS, 5-10 CM IN DIAMETER, AT THE END OF THE TWIGS. COLOUR RANGES FROM PALE-LILAC TO WHITE.
FRUITS	CYPSELA IS COMPOSED OF A 3-4-MM-LONG FUSIFORM BLACKISH ACHENE, WITH FIVE BEIGE BARBELATE RIBS, OVERTOPPED BY A PAPPUS OF ABOUT 30 BARBELATE BEIGE CAPILLARY BRISTLES WHICH ARE 4 -5 MM LONG.