Shrub with underground, fire-tolerant stems; prophylls scattered, villous, pale brown. Leaves: petiole 2-4 cm long, tomentose and hirsute; lamina pinnatifid, 15-35 cm long, 2-5.5 cm wide, white-tomentose below with nerves evident; margins slightly recurved; lobes 15-20 each side, triangular, to 28 mm long, acute, flat. Inflorescence terminal beyond or at base of leaves; involucral bracts ovate to lanceolate, to 10-15 mm long, villous outside, glabrous inside; flowers 30-45 per head, scented. Perianth 40-41 mm long, brown, curled-villous above base, appressed-pubescent on claws; limb 15 mm long, hirsute. Pistil straight, 38-39 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowed, 11-12 mm long, finely ribbed. Follicles obovate to orbicular, 9-10 mm long, glabrous.
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