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Perennial herb, with few mostly decumbent branches to 50 cm long, often almost leafless.. Leaves mainly basal, alternate, also tufted at nodes under lateral branches, the lowermost sometimes simple, but usually deltoid in outline, pinnatifid, 1–4 cm long, 0.5–3 cm wide, with few narrow lobes, subglabrous.. Capitula few, on long peduncles, radiate; phyllaries ovate, grading into paleae.. Ray florets 5–12, yellow with purple veins, female, to 5 mm long; disc florets 7–12, yellow, 2.5–3.5 mm long; anthers black.. Achenes dark brown to black, ellipsoid, 5–8(–13) mm long, glabrous or with barbs along the ribs; with 2 aristae to 5 mm long, with retrorse barbs.. Fig 175 (p. 812).
Herbs, perennial. Stems woody at base, 20-30 cm, somewhat tufted. Radical leaves persistent, 4.5-9 cm, glabrous, sometimes undivided and linear, usually pinnately parted, segments 2 or 3 pairs, remote, spreading, linear, 1.8-2 mm wide, obtuse, lower segments 8-20 mm, petiole 2.7-6 cm; median leaves few, remote, petiolate, 3-4 cm, pinnately parted or linear; upper leaves smaller, linear. Capitula ca. 7 mm in diam., solitary, basal bracteoles ca. 1.5 mm; phyllaries and paleae ca. 7, oblong, ca. 3 mm. Ray florets few, 1-seriate, fertile; corolla ca. 3.5 mm, lip 3-lobed. Disk florets: corolla ca. 2.5 mm, apex 4-lobed. Pappus awns erect, 1.5-2 cm. 2n = 24.
