Perennial herb, up to 1 m high; rosulate. Stems simple below, with spreading white hairs. Leaves simple, basal and along stem, alternate; blade of basal leaves oblong, up to 200 x 40 mm, apex blunt, base somewhat cordate or rounded, margins subentire or irregularly crenulate-serrulate, petiole up to 150 mm long, base expanded, semi-amplexicaul; upper leaves smaller, sometimes dissected, shortly decurrent, uppermost leaves and inflorescence bracts sessile; all leaves with spreading white hairs. Heads discoid, broadly campanulate or subrotund, ± 10 mm in diameter, in very open, compound inflorescence. Involucral bracts linear to elliptic, apices acute, equalling disc florets, gland-dotted, pilose, midline with embedded oil sacs, margins membranous. Flowers: disc florets only, bright yellow; Jan., Feb. Fruit with cypsela elliptic to obovate, slightly compressed cypsela, usually 3-ribbed, pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Pappus biseriate, of caducous, barbellate bristles.
Rosulate, perennial herb, flowering stems 0.9-1.1 m high. Leaves: radical leaves oblong, base somewhat cordate or rounded, margins entire or irregularly crenulate-serrulate, long-petioled, base of petiole expanded, semi-amplexicaul; upper leaves smaller, getting sessile, shortly decurrent; all leaves with spreading, white hairs. Capitula discoid, broadly campanulate or subrotund, in open, compound inflorescence; involucral bracts in 2 or 3 rows, imbricate, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, gland-dotted. Florets bright yellow. Flowering time Feb. Pappus of many scabrid bristles. Cypselae elliptic to obovate, slightly compressed, 3-ribbed, pubescent.