Shrub to 1.5 m diam., with underground prostrate stems and lignotuber. Stems covered with ovate, obtuse, villous prophylls 4-6 mm long. Leaves dull green; petiole 3-4 cm long; lamina pinnatipartite, 15-30 cm long, 2-7 cm wide; margins revolute; lobes 15-25 each side, linear, 2-3 mm wide, acute, pungent, rusty-tomentose below. Inflorescence terminal, not subtended by leaves; involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, rusty-villous, glabrous inside; innermost bracts 9-10 mm long; flowers 25-30 per head. Perianth 32-34 mm long, dull deep pink, almost white at base, villous above base, with claws pubescent; limb 10 mm long, hirsute, with apical hairs longer. Pistil 31-33 mm long, cream at base, dull yellow above, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 6 mm long, ribbed. Follicles broadly obovate, 10-15 mm long, glabrous, moderately shining.
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