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A coarse perennial herb up to c. 1.5 m tall, stems often simple below, corymbosely branched above, pubescent, leafy. Leaves up to c. 9 x 3.5 cm, very variable particularly in shape and toothing, but always pubescent and more or less conspicuously eared at the base, varying from linear-lanceolate and tapering much to both base and apex, to oblong-elliptic or obovate, contracting gradually or abruptly to a petiole-like, clasping base, the upper leaves often narrower than the lower and tapered to the base or not, margins entire to coarsely toothed or lobulate. Heads small (c. 2-3 mm across when pressed), pale or deep yellow, in compact corymbose clusters corymbosely arranged. Involucral bracts in 2-3 series, inner not quite equalling the pappus, outer with a conspicuous resinous keel, more or less pilose. Achenes 1 mm long, elliptic, slightly compressed, with 2 marginal, 2 median, ribs, appressed pubescent. Pappus bristles scabrid, a little longer than the achene.
Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves alternate, arranged along stem; blade up to 90 x 35 mm, varying from linear and tapering to both base and apex, to oblong-elliptic or obovate, contracting to petiole-like, clasping base, mostly distinctly eared (auriculate), margins entire or coarsely dentate or lobed, main and side veins strongly raised below; upper leaves often narrower; pubescent. Heads minutely radiate (disciform), small, many in compact, corymbose clusters. Involucral bracts 2-or 3-seriate, pilose. Flowers: outer flowers with a short ray, female, in several series; disc florets bisexual, fertile; both pale or deep yellow; Jan. Fruit with cypsela elliptic, slightly compressed, faintly ribbed, appressed pubescent. Pappus uniseriate, of copious, barbellate bristles.
Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves alternate, variable in shape, from linear-lanceolate, tapering to base and apex to oblong-elliptic or obovate, narrowing gradually or abruptly to a petiole-like, clasping base; upper leaves narrower, tapering to base or not, most distinctly eared at base, main and side veins strongly raised below, margins entire or coarsely toothed, pubescent. Capitula minutely radiate, small, in compact, corymbose clusters. Outer florets with a short ray, yellow. Disc florets deep yellow. Flowering time all year. Pappus of barbellate bristles. Cypselae elliptic, slightly compressed, ribbed, appressed-pubescent.
An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.3 m tall. The stems are covered with white hairs. The leaves are sword shaped and do not have leaf stalks. There can be some irregular teeth along the edge of the leaf. There are soft hairs on both sides of the leaves. The flowers are in half round branched heads. The flowers are golden yellow.
Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves mostly distinctly eared at base, main and side veins strongly raised below; pubescent. Outer flowers with a short ray. Pappus copious. Flowers pale or deep yellow.
Shortly hairy, single-stemmed, erect perennial to 1.5 m. Leaves oblanceolate, auriculate at base, coarsely toothed, serrate. Flower heads discoid, in dense, nodding corymbs, yellow.
