Erect annuals to c. 0.8 m high. Leaves mostly lacerately lobate, pinnatisect or sub-bipinnatisect, 3–12 cm long, generally thin following pressing; base of upper-stem leaves often becoming markedly dilated upwards, with long basal segments; margin toothed or denticulate; undivided leaves with l:w ratio c. 5–10; divided leaves with 3–5 primary divisions per side. Capitula few to several per stem; calycular bracteoles 6–12, 1.5–3 mm long, 0.3–1 mm wide, peracute to filamentous apically; involucre 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm diam.; bracts mostly c. 20; broader stereomes of inner bracts 0.5–1.2 mm wide. Ligulate florets c. 13; ligule 8–14 mm long. Achenes 3.0–5.0 mm long, c. 3/5 of length of involucral bracts; golden, or brown, olive-brown, green or reddish brown, with papillose hairs in bands obscuring c. 50–70% of surface; achenes of ligulate florets c. 0.5 mm longer than those of disc florets, reddish brown, with papillose hairs more clearly exceeding pappus-ring; receptacular attachment areas dimorphic. Pappus not persistent, 5–6 mm long.
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