Shrub with lignotuber. Stems on surface, rarely underground, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 4-12 cm long; lamina pinnatipartite or dentate, oblong to narrowly obovate, 10-28 cm long, 2-6 cm wide; lobes regular, triangular to oblong, obtuse or acute, entire; margins flat; both surfaces villous, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence 3.5-10 cm long; involucral bracts 1-3 cm long, tomentose or shortly hirsute. Flowers rusty brown, rarely pink with pale brown limb; styles cream. Perianth 17-26 mm long including limb of 3-4 mm, densely hirsute outside, hirsute in upper half inside; limb hirsute, glabrescent except at apex. Pistil 18-30 mm long, gently curved, glabrous; pollen presenter ovoid, 0.4-0.5 mm long; ovary with hairs at apex. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 25, elliptic, 23-40 mm long, 5-20 mm high, 8-15 mm wide, densely hirsute. Seed broadly obovate, 22-37 mm long; seed body cuneate, 9-12 mm long, 11-21 mm wide, smooth inside, irregularly ridged outside.
Found in sand, sandy loam or gravel, in shrubland, low woodland or kwongan.
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