Shrub to 3 m tall, with lignotuber. Bark fissured, grey. Stems closely tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina linear, 4-13 cm long, 4-12 mm wide, obtuse; margins flat, serrate with small obtuse teeth; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except small pits in lower surface. Inflorescence on short, lateral branchlet on older stem, 5-9 cm long; flowers rather openly arranged; involucral bracts small, tomentose, falling early. Flowers yellow including style. Perianth 35-43 mm long including limb of 9-10 mm, glabrous. Pistil straight, 35-43 mm long, sparsely hairy in lower third, glabrous above; pollen presenter narrow, 4-5 mm long, finely ribbed. Old styles persistent and wiry; perianths usually falling. Follicles up to 70, elliptic, 15-20 mm long, 5-10 mm high, 8-12 mm wide, convex, tomentose. Seeds narrowly obovate, 19-23 mm long; seed body narrowly obovate, 9-11 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, smooth on both sides.
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