Plants 50–140(–180) cm. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal oblance-olate to obovate, mostly 9–50 cm; proximal cauline well developed, gradually reduced distally, clasping, faces not gland-dotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles glabrous. Involucres 3.5–5 mm. Phyllaries 5–12 in 1–2(–3) series, oblanceolate, gland-dotted, apices obtuse. Receptacles epaleate or partially paleate (paleae 1–2). Corollas glandular, lobes 0.8–1 mm. Cypselae glandular; pappus bristles in ± 1 series.
Pine-oak borders, longleaf pine savannas, flatwoods, fields, roadsides, fencerows, stream bottoms, seepage and boggy areas, sandy sites, limestone ridges or clay hills sea level to 80 metres.
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