Shrub to 1.7 m, with lignotuber. Stems erect, with many prophylls. Leaves crowded about inflorescences; petiole to 1 cm long; lamina linear but widened upwards, pinnatifid, 4-8 cm long, 7-13 mm wide, acute, pungent, closely tomentose below; margins strongly recurved; lobes 3-8 each side, obliquely triangular, pungent. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, often clustered; involucral bracts subulate, to 35 mm long, glabrous at base, plumose above; flowers 15-20 per head. Perianth 39-51 mm long, white and dull gold, silky villous above base, curled-pubescent distally, becoming glabrous near limb; limb 10-11 mm long, prominently ribbed, with a few caducous hairs. Pistil straight, 37-49 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter not thickened, 6-7 mm long, ribbed. Follicles few, obliquely curved-obovate, 10-13 mm long, sparsely pubescent.
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