Herbs, perennial, 50-100 cm tall, sparsely gray glandular and eglandular pubescent. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 2-3 cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-6 × 4-5 cm, abaxially gray arachnoid tomentose, densely glandular pubescent on veins, 1(or 2)-pinnatisect; segments 3 pairs, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 15-30 × 8-15 mm, margins serrate; rachis winged. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3-5-partite or entire. Synflorescence a lax panicle. Involucre ovoid, 1.5-2 mm in diam.; phyllaries puberulent. Marginal female florets 2-4. Disk florets 2-5, bisexual. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.
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