Stems underground, rusty-villous, with triangular to ovate villous prophylls. Leaves: petiole 4-10 mm long; lamina deeply pinnatipartite, 12-25 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, acute, mucronate, decurrent almost to base, margins revolute; lobes 18-28 each side, linear, tapering, acute, straight to curved, at c. 90°, rusty-villous, glabrescent except pits in lower surface; reticulation prominent below. Inflorescence terminal; involucral bracts ovate to lanceolate, obtuse, red-rusty villous; innermost bracts to 20-23 mm long; receptacle flat; flowers c. 80 per head. Perianth 34-37 mm long, pale orange-pink, rusty curled-villous above base, with claws curled-tomentose; limb 8-10 mm long, tomentose with straight hairs and an apical rusty tuft. Pistil 33-36 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowed, 5-8 mm long, ribbed. Follicles broadly obovate, 15-16 mm long, 10-14 mm wide, sparsely hairy on margin, striate, somewhat shining.
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