Stems tufted, to 10 cm long, appressed-tomentose. Leaves pinnatipartite, ±multiplanar; lowest 2 pairs of lobes also usually pinnatipartite; petiole 4-12 cm long, glabrous except tomentose sheath; lamina 7-11 cm long, 7-16 cm wide; ultimate lobes linear to lanceolate, 2.5-10 mm wide, usually curved, flat, acute, pungent; reticulation fine, shallow. Spikes 5-14 cm long, mostly within foliage; flowers moderately crowded; peduncle to 12 cm long, branched, sparsely appressed-puberulous; rachis puberulous; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, spreading, 1.3-2 mm long, glabrous outside except ciliate margin, tomentose inside. Perianth ascending, opening moderately widely, glabrous or sparsely puberulous outside, hairy inside; adaxial tepal 5-6 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, curved; abaxial tepal 3.5-4 mm long. Stigma oblong to narrowly trapeziform, emarginate, slightly flared at base, 0.8-1 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; ovary pubescent. Fruit obovoid with short, obtuse beak, 3.5-4 mm long, spreading-pilose.
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