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Perennial herb; flowering stems up to 300 mm high, several from crown, slightly decumbent at base, then erect, mostly simple, closely leafy; all parts with long, soft, shaggy, gland-tipped hairs. Leaves: blade of basal leaves elliptic or spathulate (obovate), up to 70 x 20 mm, narrowed to broad, flat, petiole-like base, margins ± entire or repand-dentate; blade of stem leaves narrowly oblong, apex ± obtuse, base subcordate, clasping, margins denticulate. Heads discoid, ± 12 x 10 mm, in congested, racemose panicles. Involucral bracts ± 14-22, ± 10 mm long; calyculus bracts very few, short. Flowers: disc florets only; whitish, yellowish, purple or blue; Dec., Jan. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary?) hairy.
Perennial herb, indumentum of long, soft, yellow-brown to purple, jointed, shaggy, glandular hairs. Stems several, simple, closely leafy, ± decumbent to erect, up to 0.3 m high. Leaves radical, rosetted, elliptic to spathulate, up to 70 x 20 mm, base broad, flat, petiole-like, margins ± entire or dentate; cauline leaves narrowly oblong, base subcordate, clasping, margins denticulate. Inflorescence a congested, racemose panicle. Capitula discoid, whitish, yellowish, purple, blue; involucre narrowly campanulate; bracts 14-22, 10 mm long; calyculus bracts very few, short. Flowering time Nov.-Jan. Cypselae cylindrical, 3 mm long, ± ribbed, shortly hairy.
Perennial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves radical and cauline. All parts clothed in long, soft, shaggy, gland-tipped hairs. Flowering stems closely leafy; heads discoid, in congested racemose panicles. Achenes hairy. Flowers whitish, yellowish, purple or blue.
