Herbs, perennial, 30-70 cm tall; rhizome stoloniferous, sometimes with vertical roots. Stems erect, puberulent above, branched from upper or lower part. Basal leaves withered by anthesis; cauline leaves long winged petiolate, obovate or oblanceolate to obovate-oblong or oblong, 3-6(-10) × 0.8-2(-5) cm, sparsely to densely puberulent or glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular, base attenuate, margin serrate or pinnately lobed, apex obtuse or acute; upper leaves sessile, small, slightly thin, base abruptly attenuate, margin entire and hispidulous, midvein abaxially prominent. Capitula 8-120 in corymbiform synflorescences. Involucres hemispheric, 0.4-0.5 × 0.6-0.9 cm; phyllaries 3-or 4-seriate, unequal; outer phyllaries oblanceolate, 1.6-3.7(-4) mm; inner phyllaries oblong to obovate or spatulate, 2.5-7.5 mm, abaxially sparsely puberulent, leaflike above, margin scarious, ciliate, apex obtuse or sometimes acute. Receptacle conic. Ray florets 1-seriate, 15-20, tube 1.5-1.7 mm, lamina purplish, ca. 10 × 1.5-2 mm; disk florets ca. 3.5 mm, tube ca. 1.5 mm, densely puberulent. Achenes brown, obovoid-oblong, compressed, 1.5-2 × ca. 1 mm, marginally thickly ribbed, apically glandular and puberulent. Pappus 0.1-0.8 mm, subequal, easily deciduous. Fl. and fr. May-Nov.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-70 cm tall. It has rhizomes like runners. The stems are erect and hairy above. The leaves on the stem have wings on the leafstalks. The leaves are 3-6 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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