Many-stemmed shrub to 1.3 m tall and 2.5 m wide, with lignotuber. Stems closely tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1-2 cm long; lamina pinnatisect with many triangular lobes, linear, 15-40 cm long, 6-20 mm wide, truncate; margins flat; both surfaces closely tomentose, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet on older stem, 1.5-4 cm long; involucral bracts short, closely tomentose, falling early. Flowers golden yellow including styles. Perianth 20-27 mm long including limb of 3-4 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil curved, 25-35 mm long, appressed-pubescent in lower third, glabrous above; pollen presenter narrowly ovoid, 2-2.5 mm long, 8-ribbed. Old flowers persistent. Follicles 1-5 (-15), prominent, obliquely obovate, curved, 2-6.5 cm long, 2.5-5 cm high, 1.7-3.5 cm wide, smooth, closely tomentose, grey-mottled. Seed curved-obovate, 3-6 cm long; seed body broadly obovate, 10-12 mm long, 12-17 mm wide, rugose with thin plates inside, rugose outside.
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A small shrub. It has many stems. It grows 90 cm-1.5 m high and spreads 1.5-3 m across. It has a woody tuber. The leaves are stiff and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are bright yellow.
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