Liana to 5m with 3-winged stems with glabrous wings to 6mm wide. Glabrous leaves to 120mm x 20mm with revolute margins. Orange flowers to 20mm wide with 5-6 series of purplish mucronate phyllaries, outer ones to 10mm x 12mm, inner ones to 40mm x 12mm. 8-10 ray florets with oranges bilabiate corollas, tube to 24mm long. 30-35 disc florets with yellow bilabiate corolla to 40mm long. Achenes to 5mm long, tawny pappus to 25mm long.