Shrub to 1 m, with lignotuber. Stems shortly tomentose, later developing flaky bark. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina linear, pinnatipartite, 3-7 cm long, 10-25 mm wide; midrib usually curved; margins revolute; lobes linear, 6-10 each side, at c. 80°-90°, acute, pungent. Inflorescence on short branchlet; involucral bracts ovate to lanceolate, 17-20 mm long, obtuse, silky on margins, otherwise glabrous except a few short hairs towards apex outside; flowers 30-40 per head. Perianth 22-23 mm long, yellow, densely silky; limb 5-6.2 mm long. Pistil straight or incurved, but afterwards strongly recurved, 26-30 mm long, yellow, hirsute in lower third, glabrous distally; pollen presenter narrowly cylindrical, 3-4 mm long, finely ribbed. Follicles 5 mm long.
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