Openly branched shrub to 3 m, without lignotuber. Stems sparsely pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole to 5 mm long; lamina linear, gently curved, 4-20 cm long, 10-24 mm wide, acute, sparsely pubescent but soon glabrous above, closely tomentose below; margins recurved, serrate; teeth 5-15 each side, obliquely triangular, pungent. Inflorescence on lateral branchlet to 2 cm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, to 10 mm long, obtuse or outer bracts acute, appressed-pubescent, densely ciliate; flowers 35-60 per head. Perianth 21-26 mm long, lemon-yellow with golden limb, crisped-pubescent above base, becoming silky on claws; limb 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Pistil ±straight, 23-27 mm long, cream, glabrous except ovary; pollen presenter 1-1.5 mm long, smooth. Follicles oblong-obovate, 8-10 mm long, sparsely hairy, with sinuately radiating veins.
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