Perennial herb, rhizomatous, 0.3–1.2 m high; stems erect, sparsely branched, tinged with red, pubescent; leaves mostly (but not all) arranged near base of stem.. Leaves fleshy, narrowly rhomboid to linear, 4–20 cm long, 0.4–4 cm wide, attenuate to a rounded base, sagittate or amplexicaul, margins shallowly dentate, the teeth fewer towards the apex, some teeth pointing backwards, apex attenuate, pubescent.. Capitula 3–9, in terminal corymbs, with many florets; involucre campanulate or infundibuliform, (8–)11–16 mm long; bracts of calyculus 3–8 mm long; phyllaries 13–14, reddish green, (8–)11–16 mm long, pubescent.. Florets orange to red, (9–)11–15 mm long, expanded in upper part, lobes 1–1.2 mm long.. Achenes 2.5–3 mm long, glabrous; pappus 8–13 mm long.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-100 cm high. It has an unpleasant musky smell. It has a tuberous rootstock. The tubers are 10 cm long by 5 cm across. The stems are fleshy. The leaves are in rings. The leaves at the base are spoon shaped and 4-22 cm long by 3-11 cm wide.
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