Shrub to 4 m tall, with fire-tolerant rootstock and stout trunk, suckering. Bark tessellated, grey. Stems tomentose-hirsute, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 2-4 cm long; lamina flexuose, broadly linear, 20-45 cm long, 12-18 mm wide, acute; margins flat, dentate with many triangular teeth; both surfaces tomentose-hirsute, glabrescent except fine pits on lower surface. Inflorescence terminal, ±spherical, 6-7 cm wide; involucral bracts villous, falling early. Flowers pale yellow, including styles. Perianth 32-33 mm long including limb of 4-5.5 mm, closely pubescent outside, pubescent on margins inside; limb glabrous. Pistil straight, 31-32 mm long, glabrous except a few hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrow, 1 mm long, usually not properly formed, irregularly ribbed and muricate. Old flowers soon falling. Follicles 1-5, obliquely ovate, curved, 20-25 mm long, 9-13 mm high, 11-14 mm wide, warted, tomentose, glabrescent. Seed obliquely ovate, 17-20 mm long; seed body ±triangular, 7-10 mm long and wide, rugose.
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