Shrub 1 m, without lignotuber. Stems closely tomentose, with prophylls. Leaves crowded; petiole to 4 cm long; lamina narrowly linear, pinnatifid, 15-27 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, acute, closely tomentose below; margins strongly recurved; teeth 25-45 each side, triangular. Inflorescence sessile or on short branchlet; involucral bracts oblong to lanceolate, to 30 mm long, acute, tomentose or villous with hirsute margins, dark brown; flowers 90-100 per head. Perianth 27-30 mm long, golden, crisped-tomentose above base and claws appressed-pubescent; limb 5-6 mm long, shortly silky. Pistil incurved, 30-40 mm long, cream, glabrous except for long hairs on ovary; pollen presenter narrowly fusiform, 2-2.5 mm long, ribbed. Follicles up to 6, obovate, ±truncate, 18-21 mm long, tomentose.
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