Shrub to c. 1 m tall. Branchlets and leaves tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves erect, sparse, terete, usually 3-forked, but middle segment sometimes divided again, 15-35 mm long, pungent. Inflorescence globose, few-flowered, towards end of branchlets, pedunculate, c. 8 mm diam.; peduncle to c. 6 mm long; involucral bracts ovate, acute to acuminate, glabrous outside, tomentose inside at least in upper half; cone scales ovate, acute, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Flowers c. 7 mm long; colour not known (probably yellow), tomentose. Pollen presenter ±straight, c. 4.5 mm long, with dense, short, reflexed hairs. Cones ovoid to globose, 6-8 mm long; peduncles 10-16 mm long. Nuts 2-3 mm long.
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