Erect annuals to c. 0.5 m high. Leaves mostly lacerately lobate or pinnatisect, 3–12 cm long, thin on pressing; base of upper-stem leaves often becoming dilated, with long basal segments; margin with occasional teeth; undivided leaves with l:w ratio c. 5–10; divided leaves with 2 or 3 segments per side. Capitula few to several per stem; calycular bracteoles 6–8, 1–2 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, peracute; involucre 4–5 mm long, 2.5–4 mm diam.; bracts mostly c. 20; broader stereomes of inner bracts mostly 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Ligulate florets c. 13; ligule 6–8 mm long. Achenes 2–3 mm long, c. 1/5 length of involucral bracts, golden, brown, olive-brown or green, with papillose hairs obscuring c. 50% of surface, hardly exceeding pappus-ring. Pappus not persistent, c. 4 mm long.
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