Shrub to 3 m, much-branched and bushy, with lignotuber. Stems tomentose. Leaves: petiole 1-2 cm long; lamina, rigid linear, 15-40 cm long, 12-20 mm wide, pungent; margins not recurved, pungently serrate; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence pendulous on short lateral branchlet, sometimes terminal, 4-6 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose. Flowers yellow, including styles. Perianth 27-29 mm long including limb of 4-5 mm, pubescent outside with glabrous limb, glabrous inside. Pistil straight, 24-28 cm long, pubescent on lower 1/4 to 1/2, otherwise glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 2.5 mm long, smooth. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 30, broadly elliptic, 15-25 mm long, 8-14 mm high, 10-18 mm wide, smooth, velvety. Seed obovate, 23-27 mm long; seed body triangular, 10-12 mm long, 9-12 mm wide, smooth inside, rugose outside.
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