Shrub 40-80 mm tall. Branchlets mid-grey, pubescent. Leaves sometimes simple, or divided into 2-7 linear, upwardly curving lobes which may be further divided; petiole to c. 7 cm long; lamina flat, to c. 10 cm long, acute, mostly glabrous. Inflorescence ovoid to globose, terminal, sessile, solitary, often very numerous, 30-40 mm diam., surrounded by simple or sparingly divided leaves; involucral bracts sericeous outside, broadly ovate to ovate; apex glabrous; cone scales woolly on lower half of outer surface; apex elliptic to obovate, glabrous. Flowers 17-20 mm long, creamy yellow, glabrous at base, becoming villous towards apex. Pollen presenter to c. 4 mm long; basal part papillose, scarcely swollen, constricted near mid-point then slightly dilated into a globose part; apical part glabrous, scarcely swollen except for stigmatic cup. Cones ovoid to ellipsoidal, to c. 22 mm diam. Nuts villous, ovoid to ellipsoidal, to c. 3 mm long.
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