Perennials, 30–70+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices erect to ascending). Stems 1 or 2–5, loosely clustered, bases densely tomentose, leaf axils usually tomentose. Basal leaves petiolate; blades narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 30–90+ × 10–20+ mm, bases tapering, margins serrate to crenate-serrate (apices rounded to acute, faces glabrous). Cauline leaves gradually reduced (petiolate or sessile; elliptic to lanceolate, often pinnatifid). Heads 20–70(–100+) in corymbiform arrays. Peduncles bracteate, distally tomentose. Calyculi inconspicuous. Phyllaries 13 or 21, light green, 3–5 mm, glabrous. Ray florets 8 or 13; corolla laminae 5–7+ mm. Disc florets 45–60+; corolla tubes 1.5–2 mm, limbs 1.5–2 mm. Cypselae 0.75–1 mm, hirsute on ribs; pappi 2.5–3 mm. 2n = 44.
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