Herbs, polycarpic, 4-7 dm, strigose; taproot not chambered. Stems: caudex compact; aerial flowering stems usually 2-5, not fistulose, 3.5-5.5 dm, strigose. Leaves basal and cauline; basal petiolate, petiole 0.5-5 cm, strigose, blade oblanceolate to spatulate, 3-15 × 0.5-2(-2.5) cm, sparsely to densely strigose on both surfaces; cauline sessile, blade oblanceolate, 0.5-5(-6) × 0.3-1 cm, similar to basal blade. Inflorescences 0.4-1.5(-1.8) dm; branches strigose; bracts scalelike, 2-8 × 1-3 mm. Peduncles erect, straight, 0.5-3(-3.5) cm, strigose. Involucres turbinate-campanulate to campanulate, 2.5-4 × 2.5-5 mm, hirsute to strigose; teeth 0.5-1.5 mm. Flowers 1.5-2.5 mm in anthesis, 3-5 mm in fruit; perianth yellow in anthesis, reddish in fruit, pilose abaxially; tepals narrowly ovate; stamens 2-3 mm; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes yellowish green to light brown, 4.5-6 mm, strigose, 3-winged along distal 2, nearly beakless. 2n = 40.
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