Shrub to 1.5 m, densely bushy, without lignotuber. Stems rusty-velvety. Leaves: petiole 10-17 cm long; lamina pinnatipartite to pinnatisect, 6-46 cm long, (1.5-) 2-14 cm wide; margins flat; lobes 9-16 each side, linear, acute, pungent, ascending. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet from older stems; involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, rusty-villous; innermost bracts 4.5-5.5 cm long; flowers c. 100 per head. Perianth 48-58 mm long, pink to gold, curled-villous above base, with claws pubescent; limb 9-10 mm long, gold, appressed-pubescent with longer apical tuft. Pistil incurved, 58-74 mm long, cream, glabrous; pollen presenter not or slightly thickened, 4.5-5 mm long, faintly ribbed, green. Follicles obovate, 12-15 mm long, hirsute in lower half, shining.
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