Shrub to 2.3 m, without lignotuber. Stems spreading-pubescent to loosely hirsute. Leaves: petiole 5-12 mm long, tomentose, glabrescent; lamina cuneate, undulate, serrate to pinnatipartite, 3.5-8 cm long, 15-30 mm wide, truncate to acute, mucronate, openly hirsute above and on veins below, glabrescent except in pits; margins flat or gently recurved; teeth 7-13 each side, pungently acute. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet or terminal; involucral bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, acute, tomentose, with apex silky-villous; innermost bracts to 15-20 mm long, rusty; flowers 110-150 per head. Perianth 30-39 mm long, bright yellow, villous above base; claw silky; limb 3-4.5 mm long, yellow (often orange in late bud), keeled, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Pistil 32-45 mm long, yellow, glabrous; pollen presenter slightly thickened, 1-1.5 mm long, smooth. Follicles ovoid, 6-7 mm long, hirsute, soft.
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