Sprawling to erect shrub to 3 m, without lignotuber. Stems with a few appressed hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole to 15 mm long, broad and prominent on floral leaves; lamina pinnatifid, linear, often strongly curved, 4-16 cm long, 9-18 mm wide, acuminate, closely tomentose below; margins revolute; lobes 4-9 each side, narrowly triangular, often slightly falcate. Inflorescence on lateral branchlet to 10 mm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, to 12 mm long, acute; outer bracts glabrous with shortly ciliate margins; inner bracts pubescent towards apex; flowers 45-50 per head. Perianth 28-31 mm long, pale yellow, curled-hirsute above base, silky distally; limb 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Pistil straight, 29-33 mm long, pale yellow, glabrous except a few hairs on ovary; pollen presenter 1.8-2 mm long, smooth. Follicles ovate-oblong, 7-8 mm long, sparsely hairy, striate.
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