Shrub to 2.5 m, without lignotuber. Stems hirsute and tomentose. Leaves: petiole to 1.5 mm long with a thick base, hirsute; lamina linear, deeply pinnatifid, 15-35 cm long, 4-6 mm wide, obtuse to emarginate, tomentose below including midrib; margins revolute; lobes 60-110 each side, triangular. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet; involucral bracts lanceolate, to 25 mm long, acuminate, silky-villous, pale to dark brown; flowers 150-200 per head. Perianth 25-27 mm long, golden, curled-villous above base, appressed-silky distally, with a few long apical hairs; limb 4 mm long, purple-brown. Pistil incurved, 28-30 mm long, cream, glabrous except hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrow, 2.5 mm long, ribbed. Follicles curved-obovate, 15 mm long, sparsely pubescent.
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