Shrub to 3 m tall and broad, without lignotuber. Bark smooth. Stems tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5-15 mm long; lamina linear but gradually widening upwards, 6-16 cm long, 5-12 mm wide, truncate; margins ±flat, deeply lobed; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence 7-12 cm long; involucral bracts densely hirsute, persistent. Flowers orange with pale pink hairs; styles golden orange. Perianth 32-35 mm long including limb of 6-7 mm, pubescent to hirsute outside, glabrous inside. Pistil curved, 39-45 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow with slight swelling at centre, 4-5 mm long. Old flowers persistent, concealing follicles. Follicles up to 20, narrowly elliptic, c. 20 mm long, 5-7 mm high, 10 mm wide, smooth, hirsute. Seed obovate, c. 24 mm long; seed body cuneate, 8-14 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, smooth inside, rugose or pitted outside.
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