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Herb, usually perennial. Leaves with petiole 1–5 cm long, flat, pilose, slightly broadened at base with tuft of hairs; lamina obovate to narrowly oblanceolate, (1.5–) 3–5 (–10) cm long, (0.5–) 1–2 (–3) cm wide, long-attenuate at base, entire or dentate, acute to obtuse, 3–5-veined, pilose. Scape terete, (3–) 7–15 (–30) cm long, pubescent. Inflorescence narrowly cylindrical, mostly becoming loose towards base, (0.7–) 2–5 (–10) cm long. Sepals subequal, ovate-elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Corolla tube 1.5–2.5 mm long; lobes broadly ovate to suborbicular, c. 1 mm long, shortly acuminate. Anthers globose, 0.5–0.8 mm long. Ovary 2-locular, one with 2 ovules, the other with 3; style 1.5–2 mm long. Capsule broadly ovoid, 2–3 mm long. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, brown.
A herb which can grow each year from seed or keep growing from year to year. The leaves are hairy. The leaves are 3-15 cm long by 0.8-4 cm wide. They can have teeth along the edge. The flower heads are 4-10 cm long. They can become 30 cm long when fruiting.
