[2] The common everlasting grows to around 40 centimeters high, with spreading horizontal stems that turn upwards as they get longer.

The elongated silvery grey leaves clasp tightly to the stems and are covered in fine, silky hairs.

The flower heads are yellow in color and spherical in shape, around 1 centimeter in diameter each, and often borne in clusters.

The plant grows in full sun on light, well-drained soil in grassy areas.

[4] It is an important food plant for the Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi), a butterfly.