Shrub to 2 m; stems and branches brittle, thinly pubescent on very young shoots only.. Leaves slightly fleshy, ovate to elliptic, 2.5-5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded or apiculate, thinly pubescent on veins but soon glabrous, 3-nerved from base; petiole to 1 cm long.. Capitula solitary or in few-headed terminal cymes, sessile or stalked; involucre 12-15 mm long; phyllaries light green with purplish or brownish apex, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1-10 mm long, 0.6-1.5 mm wide, acute, glabrous or thinly floccose.. Flowers 5-20 per capitulum, bright orange to yellow; tube 7-8 mm long, lobes 3-3.3 mm long, glabrous.. Achenes light brown, slightly obconical, ± 2 mm long, strigose in upper part; pappus uniseriate, of 17-20 pale plumose setae 5.5-7.5 mm long.
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