Dubautia kenwoodii, a member of the Asteraceae (sunflower) family, is a shrub 0.5 m (1.6 ft) tall with opposite, papery leaves 4 to 12 cm (1.6 to 4.7 in) long and 0.8 to 2 cm (0.03 to 0.8 inch) wide, narrowly elliptic to sometimes narrowly lanceolate. Leaf margins with narrow teeth. Inflorescences are 14 cm (5.5 in) long and 10 cm (3.9 in) wide, with numerous heads and typically 12 to 18 florets. The 3 to 4 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) corolla becomes rusty yellow with age. Achenes grayish-strigose, straight or slightly curved, 3.5 to 4.5 mm (0.14 to 0.2 in) long.