Plants 15–45+ cm. Stems proximally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm) and stipitate-glandular, distally piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–2+ mm) and stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal (0–)3–5, cauline 2–3(–8); blades lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 30–80(–100) × (3–)10–20(–30+) mm, lengths 3–8(–10+) times widths, bases cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, apices obtuse to acute, faces usually piloso-hirsute (hairs 1–3+ mm), sometimes glabrate. Heads (1–)3–12+ in corymbiform arrays. Peduncles densely stipitate-glandular. Calyculi: bractlets 7–9+. Involucres campanulate, 10–12 mm. Phyllaries 13–21+, apices ± acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. Florets 30–60+; corollas yellow, 9–11 mm. Cypselae columnar, 2.5–3 mm; pappi of 50–60+, white bristles in ± 2 series, ca. 5 mm.
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