Herbs, perennial, or subshrubs, 40-80 cm tall, yellow or brown pubescent, sometimes glabrescent. Lower stem leaves: petiole 2-3 cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm, 2-pinnatipartite or-sect; segments 2 or 3 pairs, elliptic or subspatulate, 15-25 × 5-10 mm, 2-or 3-partite; lobules lanceolate, or deeply serrate. Middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade obovate-spatulate, flabellate, or cuneate, 2-3 × 0.5-1 cm, obliquely 3-5-partite or-sect; lobes linear, linear-lanceolate, or linear-oblanceolate, 5-10 × 1-2 mm, apex acuminate. Uppermost leaves 3-partite or entire; leaflike bracts linear or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a ± narrow panicle. Capitula many. Involucre ovoid or subglobose, 1-2 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 2-4. Disk florets 4-10, male. Achenes oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 18, 36.
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