Perennials, 100–200+ cm (rhi-zomatous). Stems erect, glabrous (glaucous). Leaves mostly cauline; opposite (proximal) or alternate; petioles 1–3 cm; blades (light to dark green, abaxially whitish, 3-nerved), lanceolate to lance-ovate, 9–18 × 2.5–7 cm, bases abruptly narrowed, margins serrate, faces glabrous (abaxial) or sparsely scabrous (adaxial), not gland-dotted (abaxial glaucous). Heads 3–15+. Peduncles 0.5–8 cm. Involucres hemispheric, 8–9 mm diam. Phyllaries 12–15, lanceolate to ovate, 8–9 × 1.8–3 mm, (margins ciliate) apices acuminate. Paleae 6.2–7.5 mm, 3-toothed (apices hairy). Ray florets 5–8; laminae 12–14 mm (abaxial faces not gland-dotted). Disc florets 20–35; corollas 5–6 mm, lobes yellow; anthers dark, appendages dark. Cypselae 3.5–3.8 mm, glabrous; pappi of 2 aristate scales 3.2–3.5 mm. 2n = 34.
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