A large rounded shrub to 4.0 m in diam., with a single main stem at base; bark smooth, grey. Flowering stems stiffly erect, 3.0-6.0 mm in diam., covered with a dense indumentum of fine crisped hairs, sparsely interspersed with straight erect trichomes. Leaves ascending imbricate; elliptic to oblanceolate-oblong, 2.0-5.5 cm long, 0.5-1.3 cm wide, grey, covered with a dense matted indumentum of fine crisped hairs; apex usually bifid or trifid, occasionally entire. Inflorescences solitary, ovoid to globose in young stages, 8.0-0.0 cm in diam.; pedunculate, peduncle 3.0-6.0 cm long. Involucral receptacle narrowly cylindric, 2.0-3.5 cm long, 0.5-0.7 cm wide. Involucral bracts narrowly deltate, acuminate, 1.0-1.2 cm long, 4.0 mm wide at base; cartilaginous; sparsely sericeous, margins ciliate, apex minutely crinite. Bracteoles broadly obtrullate, tightly clasping the perianth, 1.0 cm long, 0.6-0.8 cm wide; apex acuminate, patent to recurved; thickly lanate proximally, thinly sericeous distally. Perianth 4.0-5.0 cm long, deep orange to crimson. Perianth tube 1.0 cm long, glabrous and narrow proximally, puberulous and inflated distally. Perianth claws uniformly villous, becoming recurved subterminally. Perianth limbs very narrowly lanceolate linear, acute, 5.0-6.0 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, villous. Anthers linear subulate 4.0-5.0 long; apical boss sharply subulate 1.0 mm long. Style 7.0-7.5 cm long; orange becoming deep crimson. Pollen presenter cylindric to subulate, sharply acute, 5.0-6.0 mm long, minutely geniculate at junction with style. Hypogynous scales subulate, hyaline, 3.0 mm long.
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Single-stemmed shrub to 3 m. Leaves oblanceolate, grey-felted, with 2 or 3 apical teeth. Flower heads globose, 80-100 mm diam., scarlet, sometimes yellow, style 70-75 mm long, sharply reflexed at anthesis, pollen presenter slender.
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