Twining woody shrub with striate puberulous stems. Leaves to 90mm x 60mm with crenate-serrate margins, pilose above & puberulous beneath. Puberulous panicles, flower heads to 8mm x 5mm with 25 flowers per head, purple corolla to 4.5mm long & tube to 1.8mm long, lobes 0.6mm x 0.4mm. Achenes 2mm long with pappus 4mm long.