Herbs, perennial, 40-70 cm tall. Leaves aggregated near median part of stem; petiole (1.5-)4-9 cm, wingless; leaf blade subrounded, palmatifid, (2-)4-11 × (1.5-)5-12 cm, papery, palmately veined, both surfaces green, subglabrous or abaxially very sparsely villous, base cordate, margin lobed, apex acute. Capitula subsessile, arranged in panicles, 1-flowered; involucre cylindric, ca. 2 mm in diam.; phyllaries 8-or 9-seriate, papery, abaxially apically puberulent, outer phyllaries ovate, 1-1.3 mm, inner oblong, 1-1.3 cm. Florets bisexual, chasmogamous, corolla tubular, 1.3-1.7 cm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes oblong, unequal, anther appendages apiculate. Achenes subfusiform, 6-7 mm, densely pilose; pappus brownish, 6.5-8.5 mm. Fl. Nov-Jan.
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