Shrub to 70 cm tall, with lignotuber. Stems tomentose. Leaves: petiole 1-2 mm long; lamina narrowly linear, 1-6 cm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, acute; upper surface pubescent, glabrescent, somewhat glaucous. Inflorescence 2-3 cm long; involucral bracts to 3 mm long, tomentose, persistent. Flowers bright yellow, with apical ones sometimes reddish; style yellow. Perianth 21-23 mm long including limb of 2-2.5 mm long, pubescent outside, glabrous inside except a few hairs on limb. Pistil hooked, 30-35 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter ovoid, 0.5 mm long. Old flowers soon falling. Follicles up to 36, prominent, elliptic to rhombic, 18-33 mm long, 4-16 mm high, 10-30 mm wide, ±flattened across top; valves thick, smooth, grey-hoary. Seed obovate, 25-30 mm long; seed body cuneate-oblong, 10-15 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, smooth or with small ridges.
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