Stem erect, ca. 30 cm tall, slender, ca. 2.5 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distalmost and synflorescence sparsely white arachnoid-puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole to 10 cm, base sheathed; leaf blade abaxially pale green, reniform, 2.3-3 × ca. 3.5 cm, glabrous, margin regularly denticulate, apex rounded; sinus broad or narrow. Middle stem leaves 1 or 2, reniform; petiolar base enlarged, sheath amplexicaul. Synflorescence racemose; leaflike bracts lanceolate, 8-12 mm; peduncles to 9 mm. Capitula ca. 11. Involucre cylindric, ca. 10 × 4 mm; phyllaries 5, in 2 rows, linear, apex pubescent. Ray florets 2 or 3, yellow; lamina ca. 13 × 1.5 mm, apex 3-divided; tube ca. 7 mm. Tubular florets ca. 6, ca. 1.2 cm. Achenes (immature) truncate at apex, narrowed at base. Pappus ca. 4 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.
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