Leaves deltoid-reniform to reniform (upper leaves more deltoid), distinctly (5-)7-lobed, lobes sharply acute and dentate, lamina 8-26 x 11-32 mm, thinly cobwebby, glabrescent above, thickly cobwebby to tomentose below, older leaves sometimes glabrescent; apex acute; base truncate to subcordate; petiole 8-52 mm long, cobwebby. Capitula few to many (6-43 per stem branch) arranged in lax corymb. Involucral bracts (7-)8, 3-4 mm, cobwebby, glabrescent (tomentose in bud in some). Ray florets 3-5, 4.5-7.0 mm long; limb 2.0-5.0 mm long, 4-veined. Disc florets 9-13; corolla 3.7-5.5 mm long. Cypselae obovate, compressed with prominent median rib on outer face, margined, dark brown to black when mature, brown with a paler margin when immature, 2.5-3.0 mm long, densely ciliate to ciliate, sparsely hairy to almost glabrous on faces.
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