Scandent herb or shrub with striate pubescent stems. Serrate-dentate tomentose leaves to 130mm x 60mm. Terminal corymbose panicles to 150mm long, purplish-tipped greenish-white flowers, yellowish-white at base, 4.5mm long with bracts, outermost bract to 2mm long, inner 6 bracts to 6mm x 1mm, corolla to 3.6mm long with 5 teeth 0.5mm long. Achenes 1.8mm long with white pappus 3.6mm long.