Shrub to 1 m tall and 1 m wide, without lignotuber. Prophylls on stems recurved, broadly ovate-oblong, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Leaves: petiole 1.5-1.8 cm long; lamina pinnatisect, 15-30 cm long, 2.5-7 cm wide; margins flat; lobes 10-15 each side, triangular, acute, pungent, at 80°-90°, with upper margin ±straight to gently curved and lower margin more convex; pits in lower surface indistinct, shallow. Inflorescence terminal on short branchlet, with several linear, leaf-like bracts around involucre; involucral bracts broadly ovate-oblong, to 25 mm long, silky-villous; flowers 85-110 per head. Perianth 44-56 mm long, golden brown, villous with pale hairs becoming silky towards limb; limb very narrow, 12-15 mm long, appressed-silky with pale hairs and a terminal rusty-red tuft. Pistil bowed, 46-64 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 8-9 mm long, ribbed, dull reddish pink. Follicles broadly obovate, 15-17 mm long, 17-20 mm wide, loosely hirsute, glabrescent, striate, shining.
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