Coronidium densifolium

Coronidium densifolium is an ascending to erect, rhizomatous perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to about 12 cm (4.7 in) with densely woolly stems that are mostly hidden by the leaves. Its leaves are lance-shaped, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base, 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide. The flowers are borne in sessile, more or less hemispherical heads 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter on a peduncle 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The bracts are pale yellow to brownish yellow, in five to eight rows. The cypselas are narrowly cylindrical, 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long.

No extant populations of dense everlasting are known, but the species probably occurred with Melaleuca uncinata in mallee, open woodland and heath in the Flinders Lofty Block and Kanmantoo bioregions of south-eastern South Australia.

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