Shrub to 4 m, without lignotuber. Stems tomentose and hirsute. Leaves: petiole 5-15 mm long, tomentose; lamina broadly linear, pinnatipartite, 8-22 cm long, 5-25 mm wide, acute, mucronate, rather leathery, closely tomentose below; margins slightly recurved; lobes 14-32 each side, triangular, concave. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet; involucral bracts ovate (inner bracts oblong), to 2 cm long, obtuse, silky-tomentose; floral bracts hirsute or villous; flowers 80-110 per head. Perianth 34-42 mm long, golden or reddish pink, densely curled-tomentose above base with claws shortly hirsute; limb 6.5-7 mm long, hirsute, greenish cream. Pistil bowed, 42-56 mm long, yellow, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowly cylindrical to fusiform, 2.5-4 mm long, ribbed. Follicles to 5 per head, obovate, 16-19 mm long, villous, soon glabrescent.
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