Annual? herb. Stems erect, herbaceous, branched, glabrous. Leaves: upper leaves oblong, glabrous; apex obtuse; margin coarsely dentate; base amplexicaul, sessile; auricles merge with lamina. Capitula heterogamous, radiate, in a lax corymb; peduncles c. 10 mm long, glabrous, bracteolate. Involucre sparsely calyculate; phyllaries c. 12?, c. 6 mm long, narrow, glabrous, margins narrowly scarious. Ray florets reduced, c. 4.5 mm long. Disc florets present, corolla c. 4.5 mm long. Cypselae cylindrical, not compressed, angular, not margined, brown, 2.8-3.0 mm long densely ciliate all over, covered with short white hairs. Pappus of fine white scabrid bristles, waxy, 4 mm long.
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