Vine to 9m with striate hirsute branches becoming glabrescent. Pinnate leaves with 6-8 pairs of leaflets & trifid tendril at apex, leaflets to 60mm x 40mm, glabrous above, lanuginose beneath. Terminal heads of orange & black flowers, 6-7 series of tomentose phyllaries, outer series to 12mm x 7mm, inner series to 35mm x 12mm. 8-12 ray florets with red corolla, tube to 35mm long. Yellow bilabiate disc florets to 60mm long with tube to 3.4mm long. Glabrous achenes to 25mm x 2mm, pappus to 40mm long.