Shrub 0.6-3.5 m tall. Leaves dorsiventral to dipleural, 1.5-15 (-20) cm long, entire and linear to linear-subterete, or rarely 2-or 3-partite with ascending linear lobes 10-50 mm long; simple leaves and lobes 0.9-2.0 mm wide; lower surface enclosed except for midveins. Conflorescence ±erect, simple to 4-branched, terminal, axillary or often cauline; unit conflorescence wheel-like to subglobose; rachis 2.5-8 mm long; bracts 0.3-1.2 mm long, usually persistent to anthesis. Perianth villous to subsericeous (biramous hairs) to glabrous outside or rarely with simple glandular hairs, glabrous inside. Pistil (16-) 20-30 mm long, reflexed at ovary. Follicle ellipsoidal to slightly obovoid, 12-20 mm long, sometimes apiculate, granulose.
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