Perennial scapose herbs 46-87 cm tall. Leaves in a basal rosette, lyrate, the terminal segment comprising half or more of the leaf, lobed, acute, tapering at the base, 3-10 cm wide, 9-34 cm long, glabrous or with patches of wooly trichomes above, densely lanate beneath, stem leaves lacking. Heads inconspicuously radiate, borne singly, often several per plant, turbinate, nodding when young and at fruit maturity, to 4 cm long and 6 cm wide; involucral bracts linear, lanceolate, imbricate in several unequal series, the margins entire, the tips red, acute, densely lanate on the outer surface; receptacle flat, foveolate; florets trimorphic, white; outer series of florets female with ligulate corollas, the ligule narrow, strap-shaped, ca. 12 mm long, extending only slightly beyond the involucral bracts; second series of florets female, the corolla tube of varying length, shorter than the style; innermost disc florets perfect, the corollas bilabiate. Achenes fusiform, reddish brown or green, with 5-8 white nerves, beaked, the beak forming over half the length, 0.5-1.5 mm long, glabrous or slightly pilose; pappus 12-15 mm long, of tawny or more often pink, capillary bristles. Chromosome number 2n = 48
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are in rings. They are broadly sword shaped with leaflets along the side. They are 5-20 cm long by 6 cm wide.
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