Shrub forming large clump to 2 m across, without lignotuber. Stems erect; prophylls narrowly ovate, to 5 mm long. Leaves: petiole 7-20 cm long; lamina deeply pinnatipartite, 20-45 cm long, 6-13 cm wide, rusty-tomentose and glabrescent above, sometimes ±rusty below; margins slightly recurved; lobes 12-23 each side, linear to narrowly triangular, acute to pungent, not twisted, at c. 90° or slightly ascending, prominently 3-nerved below. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by leaves; involucral bracts ovate to oblong, medium to deep rusty tomentose with villous margins; innermost bracts to 35 mm long; flowers 70-95 per head. Perianth 35-40 mm long, cream, closely curled-tomentose above base, with upper claw and limb appressed-pubescent with straight hairs; limb 13-15 mm long, golden brown. Pistil incurved to straight, 34-39 mm long, cream, glabrous except hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrow, 11-12 mm long, ribbed, pale yellow. Follicles obovate, slightly oblique, 15-20 mm long, with long hairs at base, otherwise glabrous, striate, shining brown.
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