Extensively rhizomatous perennials to c. 0.8 m high, not glaucous, somewhat cobwebby or woolly. Leaves to c. 8 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 15–30, undivided; base attenuate; margin entire or denticulate; upper surface appressed-cobwebby, becoming glabrous; lower surface usually appressed-cobwebby; venation generally indistinct. Capitula few per stem; calycular bracteoles 3–6, 2–3 mm long; involucre 4–5 mm long, c. 2 mm diam.; bracts 11–13, appressed-woolly. Florets 15–22; ligulate florets usually 5 or 6; ligule 3.5–5 mm long. Achenes obloid-ellipsoid, 2.5–3 mm long, with papillose hairs in bands. Pappus c. 7 mm long.