Mimetes chrysanthus young shrub

The young Mimetes chrysanthus stems are whitish, looking woolly. On mature plants the old, lower branches become leafless and grey. They are by then also hairless, up to about 2 cm in diameter.

Stem-tip leaves are whiter from their hairy covering, also gradually lost. Flowering happens from the leaf axils at or near some stem-tips (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iNaturalist; Wikipedia).