Perennial rosette herb. Lvs spathulate, or cuneately narrowed to winged petiole, and ovate to obovate, mostly entire, sometimes with 1-(6) pairs of shallow lobes, obtuse to subacute, usually glabrous, sometimes with few hairs on upper surface and with many stalked glandular hairs on lower surface and margin, (12)-30-60 × (3)-7-15 mm. Peduncle usually naked, sometimes with 1 scale-like lf, usually sparsely to moderately clothed in glandular hairs at least near capitulum, rarely glabrous, (5)-12-20 cm long and 0.5-1.2 mm diam. at flowering, up to 30 cm long at fruiting. Involucral bracts lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, obtuse to acute and fimbriate at apex, glandular, (3)-4-6 mm long. Rays numerous, usually white, sometimes tinged pink on reverse, 5-8 mm long. Disc greenish yellow. Achenes obovoid, compressed, eglandular, 1.5-2 mm long; pappus of few bristles 0.1-0.3 mm long.
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