Perennials, 30–40(–80) cm. Aerial stems (from creeping rhizomes 4–10+ cm × 1–2 mm, rhizome internodes ca. 20+ mm) 1–2+, stramineous to red-brown, glabrous. Leaf blades ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 4–8 × 1.5–3 cm, margins regularly dentate to subentire, apices acuminate, abaxial faces glabrous or inconspicuously short-hairy, adaxial faces sparingly scabrellous. Heads 1–3(–5). Peduncles mostly 10–15 cm. Involucres 7–15 mm diam. Phyllaries minutely pubescent on margins and apices, less so on abaxial faces. Paleae lanceolate, apices obtuse, faces glabrous. Ray florets 6–8(–13); corollas golden yellow, laminae 10–22 × 4–8 mm. Disc florets 10–20+; corollas pale brown-yellow (lobes dull yellow), 3.5–4 mm, glabrous. Cypselae dark brown, 4–5 mm, glabrous or minutely pubescent on margins, smooth or nearly so; pappi coroniform (each a laciniate crown plus 1–3 toothlike scales).
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