Stems prostrate, underground, tomentose; prophylls imbricate on leafy branchlets, sparse elsewhere. Leaves immediately below but not surrounding flowers; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, tomentose; lamina pinnatipartite 15-30 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; margins slightly recurved; lobes 30-40 each side, narrowly triangular, to 16 mm long, somewhat twisted at base, acute, tomentose and with evident nerves below. Inflorescence terminal; involucral bracts ovate to oblong, to 25 mm long, obtuse, rusty-villous outside; flowers 20-30 per head. Perianth 37-40 mm long, golden, curled-tomentose above base, pubescent distally; limb 9-10 mm long, appressed-hirsute. Pistil straight or gently curved, 37-40 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow, 5-6 mm long, ribbed. Follicles 1 or 2, obovate, 11-15 mm long, almost glabrous, striate, shining.
Grows on sandy and loamy flats in low kwongan, often with Cyperaceae, Restionaceae and mallee eucalypts.
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