Shrub to 1.7 m, with lignotuber. Stems erect, covered with prophylls. Leaves: petiole to 1 cm long; lamina linear, pinnatifid, 6-11 cm long, 10-16 mm wide, gently curved, pungent, woolly below; margins revolute; lobes 2-6 each side, linear, to 9 mm long. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, often clustered; involucral bracts linear-subulate, to 28 mm long, villous with plumose apex; flowers 15-26 per head. Perianth 23-40 mm long, cream with dull red-black limb or all yellow, villous above base, closely curled-tomentose distally, becoming glabrous below limb; limb 6-9 mm long, keeled. Pistil straight or gently incurved, 22-36 mm long, cream, glabrous except ovary; pollen presenter narrower than style, tapering, 3.5-4 mm long, ±smooth. Follicles ±ovate, 8-11 mm long, sparsely pubescent.
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