Bushy shrub to 4 m, without lignotuber. Stems appressed-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1-2 mm long, with 1 or 2 short teeth; lamina linear, pinnatisect, 5-20 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, obtuse, mucronate; margins recurved; teeth 10-25 each side, triangular, mucronate. Inflorescence on lateral branchlet to 3 cm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, to 7 mm long, acuminate, appressed-pubescent with glabrous ±recurved tips; flowers 60-70 per head. Perianth 13-15 mm long, bright yellow, hirsute with glabrous limb; limb 2 mm long. Pistil incurved, 16-19 mm long, yellow, glabrous except a few hairs above ovary; pollen presenter ellipsoidal, 1 mm long, smooth. Follicles to 3 per head, obovate, 7-9 mm long, swollen, sparsely hairy.
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