Shrub to 1 m, without lignotuber. Stems closely tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina cuneate, 4-7 cm long, 1-3 cm wide (those about the involucre narrower), obtuse but prominently mucronate, glabrous above and below except pits; margins flat to slightly recurved, pungently serrate with 4-9 teeth each side. Inflorescence terminal or on short lateral branchlet; involucral bracts linear, obtuse to almost acute, villous; outer bracts squarrose, grey; innermost bracts 8-11 mm long, dark brown towards apex; flowers 180-190 per head. Perianth 20-23 mm long, pale yellow, villous above base, hirsute distally; limb 2.5 mm long, hirsute, dark grey, with apical hairs white. Pistil 22-26 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 1 mm long, smooth, rusty brown. Follicles 3 or 4 per head, obliquely obovate, 9-12 mm long, loosely hirsute.
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