Shrubs to 3.0 m in height, with many stems arising from a stout subterranean rootstock, occasionally with a single main stem if unburnt; basal branches pustulate. Flowering stems erect, 0.3-0.7 cm in diam., covered with a dense cinereous indumentum of short crisped hairs. Leaves linear cuneate to broadly oblanceolate cuneate, 4.5-1.0 cm long, 0.6-3.0 cm wide, apex 3-10 toothed, margins horny, glabrous. Inflorescences ovoid, 5.0-9.0 cm in diam.; usually solitary, occasionally in groups of 2 or 3; pedunculate, peduncle to 1.5 cm long. Involucral receptacle narrowly cylindric obtuse, 2.5-4.5 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Involucral bracts ovate to broadly ovate acute, 0.8-1.0 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, tightly imbricate, cartilaginous, tomentose cinereous. Bracteoles ovate acute to acuminate, 1.0-1.2 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, cartilaginous, clasping perianth, densely lanate proximally, sericeous distally, margins ciliate. Perianth 2.5-4.0 cm long, adaxially curved in bud; yellow aging to orange. Perianth tube 0.6-1.0 cm long, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous proximally, puberulous distally. Perianth claws becoming adaxially coiled on opening, covered with a fine indumentum of short crisped hairs interspersed with long, patent to erect, silky trichomes. Style 3.8-5.5 cm long, slightly adaxially curved, yellow aging to orange. Pollen presenter broadly conic to conic acute, 1.5-4.0 mm long, up to 2.0 mm broad, stigmatic groove terminal. Hypogynous scales deltoid-subulate 1.0 mm long.
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Lignotuberous, resprouting shrub, erect, much branched; stems warty below, 1-3 m high. Leaves cuneate, variable, 45-110 x 6-30 mm, with 3-10 glandular teeth. Inflorescence ovoid, 50-90 mm in diam., solitary. Perianth 25-40 mm long, yellow but turning red; style 38-55 mm long, yellow to orange; pollen presenter conical. Flowering time Aug.-Feb.
Resprouting, many-stemmed shrub, to 2, sometimes 3 m, stems warty below. Leaves ± cuneate, with 3-10 apical teeth. Flower heads ovoid, 50-90 mm diam., yellow fading to red, style 38-55 mm long, pollen presenter conical.
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