Stems ascending to erect, 22–50 cm, moderately to densely strigose, eglandular, often abundantly long-hirsute. Distal cauline leaf blades oblong, (18–)22–34(–42) × 4.3–9.3(–12.5) mm, little reduced distally, bases rounded, margins flat, faces moderately strigose (hairs usually not obscuring faces, 20–56(–70)/mm 2 ), eglandular. Heads (2–)4–16(–24), in corymbiform arrays. Peduncles (5–)12–47(–67) mm, moderately to densely hispido-strigose, eglandular; bracts subtending heads leafy, oblanceolate, often exceeding involucres. Involucres broadly campanulate, (5.5–)6.5–9.3 mm. Phyllaries narrowly triangular-lanceolate, moderately to densely strigose, eglandular to sparsely glandular, margins often reddish purple distally. Ray florets (12–)17–30 (avereaging 21), laminae (8.5–)9.9–14.5 mm (averaging 11.5 mm; showy). 2n = 36.
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