Shrub to 2.5 m, without lignotuber. Stems rusty-villous. Leaves: petiole 10-30 mm long; lamina linear, pinnatisect, 8-25 cm long, 6-11 mm wide, hirsute, glabrescent above, closely tomentose below but reticulum evident and midrib prominent; margins revolute; lobes 35-60 each side, obliquely triangular, slightly overlapping at base, strongly curved adaxially and twisted so that the underside faces apex of leaf. Inflorescence sessile on branchlet 1 or 2 years old; involucral bracts linear to lanceolate, obtuse to acute, woolly-villous outside, glabrous inside; innermost bracts c. 15 mm long; flowers 50-60 per head. Perianth 17-19 mm long, yellow, villous grading to hirsute on claws; limb 3 mm long, closely pubescent and with a few long hairs towards apex. Pistil gently curved downward, 18-21 mm long, pale yellow, glabrous except long hairs at apex of ovary; pollen presenter scarcely thickened, 0.8-1 mm long, ribbed. Follicles obliquely ovate, 9-11 mm long, sculptured, sparsely hairy, dark red-brown.
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