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Perennial dwarf shrublet, ±90 mm high (or up to 440 mm, including inflorescence). Stem short, covered with remains of petioles. Leaves simple, on slender petioles, in basal clusters, proteranthous; petiole 30-110 mm, glabrescent; lamina ovate-elliptic, pinnatipartite (rarely pinnatifid), (20-)40-(35) x 15-25(-52) mm; base variably cuneate to cordate; apex mucronulate; margin cleft, the lobes dentate; adaxial surface green, glabrous; abaxial surface gray-white, densely tomentose; veins prominent, reticulate. Inflorescence with 1 to 4 umbels; peduncle slender, 300(-350) mm, densely woolly at the base; bracts on peduncle lanceolate, ±3 x 1 mm, revolute; umbel small, each with 5 to 12 umbellules; umbellule with 1(to 2) bisexual flowers surrounded by (3 to)6 male flowers; bracteoles paired; sepals large, petaloid, veins single in keel; petals filiform. Fruit ovate, dorsally strongly compressed, ±4 x 3 mm; lateral wings absent, marginal ribs inconspicuous, dorsal ribs inconspicuous or absent, endocarp woody. Flowering occurs from December to February and fruiting from February to April.
Tufted, deciduous perennial to 40 cm. Leaves in basal clusters, long-petiolate, lamina ovate-elliptic, 20-40 mm long, grey-tomentose beneath, glabrous above, margins deeply lobed, base cuneate to cordate. Flowers and fruit as in H. capitata but without lateral wings.
