Erect cypress-like shrub to 1.5 m tall, glabrous, resinous. Stems branched, often sticky. Leaves alternate, linear, to 5 mm long, to 0.5 mm wide, usually appressed to stems, margins entire, green and sticky on both surfaces, sessile or nearly so. Capitula terminal, solitary, to 1.6 cm across, without stalks; winter to spring. Ray Florets white. Disk florets yellow. Achenes cylindrical, about 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Pappus bristles white.

SE Australia.

Source: Lawson, L.; Spencer, R. (2002). Dahlia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Updated by: Niels Klazenga, February 2018