Perennial aromatic herb with rather woody branches, up to 35 cm in height. Leaves are alternate and variable, oblanceolate, obovate, or obovate-spathulate, obtuse at the apex and cuneate at the base, with a distinct petiole; margins are entire, wavy, or somewhat dentate, with lower leaves larger and middle leaves 1–3 cm long. Heads are heterogamous and radiate, borne on a peduncle and solitary at the ends of branches, 1–2.5 cm across. Ray florets are short-ligulate, 4–7 mm long, and disc florets are 4–6 mm long. Fruits are sparsely silky-hairy achenes up to 1.7 mm long.