Shrub to 2 m, with many spreading branches, without lignotuber. Stems appressed-pubescent, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole to 15 mm long, with 3-6 subulate teeth; lamina linear, curved, 5-13 cm long, 10-15 mm wide, acuminate, white-tomentose below; margins recurved, serrate, with 5-10 triangular teeth each side. Inflorescences on short lateral branchlets, crowded; involucral bracts lanceolate, to 15 mm long; outer bracts subulate and squarrose; inner bracts acute, appressed-pubescent outside; flowers 50-65 per head. Perianth straight, 26-30 mm long, pale yellow, curled-tomentose above base, silky on claws; limb 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Pistil straight, 30-33 mm long, cream, glabrous except ovary; pollen presenter 1 mm long, smooth. Follicles up to 6 per head, obliquely ovate, 9-13 mm long, sparsely hairy.
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