Dense erect shrub, 0.6-0.75 m tall, lignotuberous. Branchlets and young leaves villous; hairs moderately dense, suberect, 0.6-0.9 mm long, mixed with shorter hairs. Leaves compound-terete, rigid; undivided base 3-10 mm long, not grooved on lower surface; ultimate segments (2-) 3, 1-10 mm long, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, ungrooved. Inflorescence with 2 flowers; involucre 5-6.5 mm long; pedicels 2-5 mm long, white-villous. Perianth 6.5-12 mm long, white-tomentose. Pistil 12-14 mm long; pollen presenter 3.5-4.5 mm long; gland 0.7-0.9 mm high. Fruit not leaf-like, obliquely narrowly ovate, 1.8-2.5 cm long, 6-7 cm wide, smooth, black-pusticulate; beak long, obliquely inserted. Seed boomerang-shaped, 22 mm long; wing apical only.
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