Low shrub to 40 cm tall. Leaves erect; petiole 12-70 mm long, glabrous to ±hirsute; lamina 2-36 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, ±circinnate, white-tomentose, ±glabrescent. Inflorescence a dense, paniculate head, 15-35 mm long; peduncle 4-5 mm long, densely white-tomentose; bracteoles 8-11 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, reddish brown, glabrous; margins ciliate. Perianth red to pale yellow, white-tomentose or sericeous; tube 5-7 mm long, glabrous, sometimes pilose; upper lip linear, 10-12 mm long; lower lip united for c. 2.5 mm; lobes linear, c. 8 mm long, c. 0.75 mm wide, ciliate; apex twisted. Nut 2.5-3 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, fawn-tomentose; circumference hairs 4-5 mm long, pale golden to rusty; apex with tufts of reddish brown to golden hairs, 4-5 mm long, in a circle c. 0.5 mm from margin.
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