Acaulescent perennial. Leaves suberect or spreading, blades ovate, 30-60 x 15-30 mm, obtuse, base obtuse, margins entire or rarely subentire, weakly involute, discolorous, upper surface green, glabrous or whitish felted when young and glabrescent, under surface densely yellowish felted; petiole 35-85(-110) mm, whitish woolly, densely silky at base. Scapes sparsely bracteate, 145-275(-590) mm long, golden-brownish felted, bracts few ± 4, 3-4 mm long, whitish woolly or rarely glabrous. Capitula 20-40 mm diam. Involucre campanulate; bracts subseriate, 6-11 x 1-3 mm, lanceolate, golden brownish felted with reddish membranous margins. Ray florets 15 to 20, white or sometimes yellow with red under surface sometimes only near apices, perianth tube 3.5-5.0 mm, lower limb ±15 mm long, upper limb 2.5-3.0 mm long. Disc florets pale in colour, tube ± 6 mm long, lower limb 3.5-4.0 mm long, upper limb 2.5-3.0 mm long; anther appendages pale yellow. Cypselas not seen. Pappus bristles ± 6 mm long, whitish-tawny to brownish.
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