Shrub to 2 m, probably with lignotuber. Stems hirsute, with many subulate prophylls. Leaves: petiole to 15 mm long; lamina narrowly linear, pinnatifid, 4-14 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, acute, pungent, white-tomentose below; margins revolute; teeth 5-12 each side, narrowly and obliquely triangular, to 4 mm long, pungent. Inflorescences sessile, axillary or on short lateral branchlets, often closely successive, occasionally terminal; involucral bracts linear, to 3 cm long, acute, densely hirsute; flowers 35-60 per head. Perianth 24-32 mm long, yellow, villous above base, becoming glabrous in upper half; limb 5-6 mm long. Pistil straight, 23-31 mm long, cream, pubescent at base, glabrous above; pollen presenter narrow, tapering, 3-3.5 mm long, smooth. Follicles several, broadly and obliquely obovate, 11-12 mm long, hirsute.
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