Annuals, 60–150 cm. Stems erect, hispid to hirsute. Leaves mostly cauline; mostly alternate; petioles 1–4 cm; blades lance-linear or lance-ovate to ovate, 3–15 × 2–6 cm, bases cuneate to truncate, margins usually serrate, abaxial faces sparsely hirsute, gland-dotted . Heads 1–3. Peduncles 3–13 cm. Involucres hemispheric, 17–25 mm diam. Phyllaries 10–18, usually lanceolate to lance-ovate, 9–27 × (3–)3.5–5 mm (often surpassing discs), apices gradually attenuate, abaxial faces hirsute. Paleae 9.5–10.5 mm, 3-toothed (middle teeth subulate, surpassing discs, apices glabrous). Ray florets 12–17; laminae 14–20 mm. Disc florets 75+ (discs usually 2+ cm diam.); corollas 5–7 mm, lobes usually reddish; anthers dark, appendages dark (style branches reddish). Cypselae 3.5–4.5 mm, glabrate; pappi of 2 lanceolate scales 1.7–3 mm. 2n = 34.
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