Tall tree 8–40 m high. Leaves deeply dissected, with 11–24(–31) primary lobes, these entire to 5-partite, sometimes with tertiary division, 10–34 cm long, 90–150 mm wide; ultimate lobes oblong to elliptic or subtriangular, 5–50 mm long, 2–10 mm wide; lower surface subsericeous to villous; margin shortly recurved. Conflorescences terminal, erect, simple to 4-branched, secund, 12–16 cm long; perianth golden yellow to orange (rarely reddish), outer surface glabrous, inner surface glabrous; pistil 21–29 mm long, ovary stipitate, glabrous, style golden-yellow to orange (rarely reddish), glabrous, pollen-presenter erect, shortly conical. Fruits laterally compressed, ellipsoid to ovoid, glabrous. Flowers Sept.–Dec.
VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, NIS, HSF, Strz. Native to southern Qld and northern NSW. Widely cultivated in Victoria. Sparingly established in Victoria, with collections from Melton South, Werribee, and near Wodonga. Apparently widely established in the Albury/Wodonga area, but populations small. In Victoria it has been collected from degraded riparian and roadside areas.
