Erect annual herb 20–50 cm high, sometimes described as perennial; stems sparsely to densely pubescent or villous in lower part.. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, oblanceolate or spatulate, 2.3–8 cm long, 0.5–1.8 cm wide, the basal cuneate-attenuate into exauriculate base, the median and upper auriculate and semi-amplexicaul, margins shortly remotely sinuate-dentate, apex acute to rounded or obtuse, apiculate, very sparsely to densely shortly pubescent.. Capitula discoid, erect, long-stalked, 2–10 in lax terminal corymbs; stalks of the individual capitula glabrous.. Involucre cylindrical 5.5–7 mm long, 2–3.5 mm in diameter; phyllaries 7–9(–13), 5–6.5 mm long, glabrous.. Ray florets absent; disc florets yellow or orange-yellow; corolla 4–5.5 mm long, tube glabrous, lobes 0.7–1 mm long.. Achenes 2.2–2.5 mm long, hairy; pappus 4–5 mm long.
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