Shrub to 3 m, without lignotuber. Stems sparsely glandular-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 8-10 mm long; lamina linear, recurved, 3-15 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, acuminate, sparsely glandular-pubescent above and on midrib below but soon glabrous there, closely tomentose below; margins recurved, serrate, with 9-25 triangular teeth each side. Inflorescence sessile, axillary or on short branchlet, crowded towards branch apex; involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, to 10 mm long, acuminate, appressed-tomentose outside, ciliate, glabrous towards apex; flowers 45-55 per head. Perianth 17-23 mm long, pale yellow with deeper limb, crisped-hirsute above base, becoming silky distally; limb 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous or with a few hairs near base. Pistil straight, 22-26 mm long, pale yellow, glabrous except ovary; pollen presenter slightly swollen at base, 0.8 mm long, smooth. Follicles obovate to rounded-oblong, 6-9 mm long, sparsely hairy, striate.
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