 The style is stout, 1–1½ mm (0.04–0.06 in) thick and 4½–5½ cm (1.8-2.2 in) long, at first bent towards the center of the flower head but getting more straight with age.It is topped by a slight thickening that is called the pollen presenter, which has a broad conical shape with a pointy tip, is long and about wide.Subtending the ovary are four lance-shaped scales with a pointy tip of about long.