Annual or perennial herb; stems floccose-tomentose with shiny white hairs; stems ribbed.. Leaves sessile, lyrate-pinnate, to 5.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, the distal pinna large and to 3.5 cm long, the proximal pinnae 2–6, oblong and obtuse, to 1.5 cm long and 0.4 cm wide, the very lamina base auriculate, margins entire or dentate, hairy on both surfaces; distal leaves becoming entire.. Capitula in terminal subcorymbose inflorescences; phyllaries 2-seriate, ± equal, lanceolate, to 1.5 mm long, obtuse, ciliate; receptacle convex, tuberculate.. Female florets yellow, 3-seriate, ± 1.7 mm long, tube ventricose, 3–4-toothed, sparsely glandular; central florets with reddish lobes, sparsely glandular; anthers 0.4 mm long with obtuse triangular appendage, style with short branches.. Achenes yellow, subcylindrical, 0.8–1 mm long, sparsely pilose.
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