Rosette-lvs 10-20 × 2-4 cm., petiole about = lamina, submembr., venation evident; narrow elliptic-obovate tapering to apiculate tip, to broad obovate-spathulate; glab. to ± clad in subhispid hairs, margins ciliate to nude, without distinct fringe of hairs. Lower scape-lvs oblong-spathulate to broad-obovate or ovate, up to 10 × 3 cm. Scapes stout, deeply grooved, up to 60 cm. or more tall, up to 5 mm. diam.; glab. to sparsely clad in stiff hairs. Glomerules 2.5-4 cm. or more diam.; phyll. 4 mm. long, oblong; florets 4 mm. long. Achenes c. 2 mm. long, densely to sparsely clad in subappressed hairs; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.
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