Sometimes scandent shrub to .5m with zigzag hairy stems. Coriaceous mucronulate leaves to 100mm x 40mm, glabrous above & mostly glabrous beneath. Axillary & terminal ebracteate panicles, heads with 7-12 flowers & 1 central staminate flower, glabrous phyllaries in 3-4 series to 5.5mm long, pistillate flowers with corolla to 3.5mm long. Achenes to 1.5mm long. Staminate flowers with corolla to 4mm long with purplish lobes 1.5mm long