Spreading shrub 0.3-1.8 m high. Branchlets tomentose to subsericeous. Leaves secund, 1-3.5 cm long, deeply 3-5-partite (almost-sect); primary lobes divaricate, simple to tripartite; ultimate lobes linear, 0.5-2 cm long, 0.6-1.0 mm wide; apices usually pungent; margins very tightly revolute, enclosing lower surface on either side of midvein; lower surface 2-grooved. Unit conflorescence acropetal, subglobose to dome-shaped; floral rachis tomentose. Flower colour: perianth greenish white in late bud, becoming cream; style white. Perianth subsericeous outside. Pistil 2.5-4.5 mm long, usually glabrous, occasionally with biramous hairs on ovary; stylar swelling ovoid; pollen-presenter conical, base slightly broader than apex of style. Follicle obloid to obovoid, 7.5-10 mm long, almost smooth or with scattered tubercles.
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