Perennial erect branching herb to subshrub 1.5–2.0 m high; stems terete, pubescent. Leaves unscented when mature; petiole 2–5 mm long; lamina ovate-elliptic, 20–50 mm long, 4–25 mm wide, basally attenuate-cuneate, serrate or entire, acute, discolorous, adaxially sparsely hairy, abaxially densely tomentose, glandular. Capitula with peduncles 2–10 mm long; involucre 8 mm long, c. 2.5 mm wide; involucral bracts 6-seriate, 2–12 mm long, glabrous, with outer bracts ovate and inner bracts oblong with tips rounded; paleae absent. Florets 15–30, 4–5 mm long; corolla pale pink. Achenes narrowly cylindrical, angular, 3–4 mm long, black, with (3) 4 or 5 white setulous ribs, rugulose. Pappus bristles c. 5 mm long, fused at base, scabrid.
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