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Perennial herb, up to 2 m high; stems woody, glandular pubescent, leafy throughout, branching above into inflorescences. Leaves: blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, occasionally lyrate-pinnatifid, up to 200 x 120 mm, lower stem leaves ± abruptly contracted to a narrow, winged, petiole-like base, then expanded into 2 large, rounded, toothed auricles, upper broad based, clasping, margins coarsely and irregularly toothed, callose-denticulate, scabrid-pubescent. Heads discoid, 7-8 x 5 mm, many in cymose-corymbose clusters, arranged in large, corymbose panicle. Involucral bracts ± 10-12, 5-6 mm long, glandular-hispid; calyculus bracts very few. Flowers: disc florets only, purple; Jan.-Mar. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary) glabrous.
Perennial herb. Stems up to 2 m high, ± woody, glandular-pubescent, leafy. Leaves up to 200 x 130 mm, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, all but uppermost contracted to a winged petiole, expanded basally into 2 rounded, toothed auricles, uppermost leaves sessile, broad-based, margins toothed, also lyrate-pinnatifid, callose-denticulate, both surfaces scabrid-pubescent, nerves raised below. Inflorescence a large, corymbose panicle. Capitula many, discoid, purple; involucre turbinate; bracts 10-12, 5-6 mm long, glandular-hispid; calyculus bracts very few. Flowering time Nov.-Apr. Cypselae cylindrical, 2-3 mm long, ribbed, glabrous.
Perennial herb, up to 2 m high. Lower cauline leaves ± abruptly contracted to a narrow, winged, petiole-like base, then expanded into 2 large rounded toothed auricles, margins coarsely and irregularly toothed, scabrid-pubescent. Heads discoid. Achenes glabrous. Flowers purple.
