Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves with petiole c. 3 mm long; lamina flat or slightly conduplicate, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblong-cuneate, 1–4 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, flat or slightly recurved at margins, rounded and sometimes slightly retuse at apex, papery or somewhat leathery, sparsely and minutely stellate-hairy adaxially, sparsely to densely rusty-tomentose to velutinous with very small stellate hairs abaxially. Flowerheads 10–15 mm diam.; outer bracts narrowly triangular to triangular, 7–10 mm long, sparsely to densely rusty (or fawn)-tomentose, the hairs with a thick solid centre and short radiating arms; innermost bracts narrowly elliptic, c. 10 mm long, somewhat stellate-hairy abaxially, densely woolly-ciliate on margin. Petals c. 10 mm long, cream-coloured, moderately pubescent. Stamens: filaments 12–20 mm long, yellow to orange or red, stellate-pilose towards base; anthers c. 1.5 mm long, red or pale yellow.
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