diff --git a/internal/driver/chrome/translate.go b/internal/driver/chrome/translate.go
index d9f29fb..75ff571 100644
--- a/internal/driver/chrome/translate.go
+++ b/internal/driver/chrome/translate.go
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ func TranslateStringSelector(selector string) (string, bool, error) {
 		return cssEscape(value), false, nil
 	case "text":
 		return `//*[normalize-space(text())=` + xpathStringLiteral(value) + `]`, true, nil
-	case "desc", "label", "content-desc", "accessibilityLabel", "accessibilityText", "ariaLabel", "aria-label":
+	case "desc":
+		// Mirrors the native rule: the label itself, or the label at the head of
+		// an iOS merged label ("account_card:7, Tim, $100").
+		escaped := cssEscape(value)
+		return `:is([aria-label="` + escaped + `"], [aria-label^="` + escaped + `, "])`, false, nil
+	case "label", "content-desc", "accessibilityLabel", "accessibilityText", "ariaLabel", "aria-label":
 		return `[aria-label="` + cssEscape(value) + `"]`, false, nil
 	case "descPrefix":
 		return `[aria-label^="` + cssEscape(value) + `"]`, false, nil
diff --git a/internal/driver/chrome/translate_test.go b/internal/driver/chrome/translate_test.go
index a7a4449..695ba00 100644
--- a/internal/driver/chrome/translate_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/chrome/translate_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ func TestTranslateStringSelector_KnownKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		{`text:Say "hi"`, `//*[normalize-space(text())='Say "hi"']`, true},
 		{`text:it's`, `//*[normalize-space(text())="it's"]`, true},
 		{`text:it's "fine"`, `//*[normalize-space(text())=concat("it's ", '"', "fine", '"', "")]`, true},
-		{"desc:logout", `[aria-label="logout"]`, false},
+		// desc also accepts an iOS merged label, the way internal/hierarchy does.
+		{"desc:logout", `:is([aria-label="logout"], [aria-label^="logout, "])`, false},
 		{"label:logout", `[aria-label="logout"]`, false},
 		{"accessibilityLabel:logout", `[aria-label="logout"]`, false},
 		{"aria-label:Sign in", `[aria-label="Sign in"]`, false},
diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
index f4c60f1..e355bc1 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ const KNOWN_KEY_TO_CSS: Record<string, (value: string) => string> = {
   // The native rule also accepts the local name after Android's "<package>:id/".
   // The DOM has no such prefix, so a plain starts-with is the same rule here.
   idPrefix: (v) => `[id^="${cssEscape(v)}"]`,
-  desc: (v) => `[aria-label="${cssEscape(v)}"]`,
+  // The native rule accepts the label itself or the label at the head of an
+  // iOS merged label ("account_card:7, Tim, $100"). `:is()` keeps that one
+  // compound piece, since a multi-key selector concatenates the parts.
+  desc: (v) => `:is([aria-label="${cssEscape(v)}"], [aria-label^="${cssEscape(v)}, "])`,
   descPrefix: (v) => `[aria-label^="${cssEscape(v)}"]`,
   // The native table aliases testTag onto resource-id, which the host DOM walk
   // fills from el.id, so the native path already accepts a testTag emitted as
diff --git a/pkg/spec/test/web-runtime.test.ts b/pkg/spec/test/web-runtime.test.ts
index 831152c..a2e94f6 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/test/web-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/test/web-runtime.test.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ test("selectorFromObject routes idPrefix to a starts-with id match", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// The native rule matches an iOS merged label ("account_card:7, Tim, $100") by
+// its leading name, and the web table has to mean the same thing by desc.
+test("selectorFromObject matches a merged label by its leading name", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(selectorFromObject({ desc: "account_card" }), {
+    css: `:is([aria-label="account_card"], [aria-label^="account_card, "])`,
+  });
+});
+
 test("selectorFromString and selectorFromObject agree on descPrefix", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(selectorFromString("descPrefix:account:"), {
     css: `[aria-label^="account\\:"]`,