Annual herb 4–90 cm high; stem erect, sparsely pubescent at least towards the base, or glabrous.. Leaves subsucculent, light green, sometimes purplish beneath or near margins, sessile, the lower circular, spatulate or obovate, upper obovate, elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 0.8–15 cm long, 0.4–4 cm wide, base cuneate or attenuate, in upper semi-amplexicaul, margins remotely sinuate-denticulate to-serrate, obtuse to acute, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.. Capitula discoid, 2–4 in terminal subumbelliform to lax corymbs; involucre broadly cylindrical, 4–8 mm long, 2.5–3 mm in diameter; phyllaries 8–13, 4–8 mm long, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.. Disc florets bright orange, occasionally red, 5.5–12.5 mm long, shortly hairy; lobes 1.5–2.8 mm long.. Achenes 2.2–4 mm long, glabrous or rarely short-hairy; pappus 3.5–7 mm long.
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