 They can be found individually or mostly with two or three together near the tip of the branch, regularly partly enclosed by leaves.The common base of the flowers of the same head is narrowly cone-shaped with a pointy tip, 2½–3 cm (1–1.2 in) long and 1–1½ cm (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter.The bracts that subtend the flower head are oval in shape with a point tip, 1¼–1½ cm (0.5–0.6 in) long and approximately wide, tightly overlapping, with a rubbery consistency and softly hairy.