Shrub or tree to 6 m, without lignotuber. Leaves sessile or on petiole to 5 mm long; lamina cuneate to flabelliform, sometimes almost oblong, 2-6 cm long, 8-40 mm wide, obtuse to acute, mucronate, sparsely hairy on upper surface and nerves but soon glabrous except pits in lower surface; margins ±flat, serrate with up to 9 teeth each side. Inflorescence terminal; involucral bracts ovate passing to linear; outer bracts ±glabrous except densely ciliate margins; inner bracts hirsute, to 10-11 mm long, pale; flowers 55-125 per head. Perianth straight, 20-32 mm long, pale yellow; claw pubescent; limb 3-4 mm long, glabrous. Pistil straight, 19-30 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter cylindrical to ellipsoidal, 1-1.5 mm long, smooth. Follicles 1-4 per head, ovoid, 10-15 mm long, appressed-pubescent, glabrescent, opening when mature.
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