Perennial herb 28–120 cm high, viscid and somewhat foetid; stems glandular.. Basal leaves sessile, oblanceolate to oblanceolate-elliptic, 7–30 cm long, 0.9–5 cm wide, attenuate into a petioloid base, margins pinnately sinuate-dentate or lobate with broadly ovate, apiculate-denticulate lobes; stem leaves few, sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong to oblanceolate, 3–7 cm long, 0.4–0.9(–2) cm wide, semi-amplexicaul; all leaves crispate-glandular.. Capitula discoid, 4–many in lax to congested terminal corymbs; stalks of the individual capitula glandular; involucre 8.5–9 mm long, 4.5–5 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 1–4, lax, narrow, 0.5–3 mm long, glandular; phyllaries 11–15, 8–9 mm long, glandular.. Ray florets 0; disc florets white to yellow, corolla 6–10 mm long, glabrous, lobes 1–1.2 mm long.. Achenes 3 mm long, ribbed, pubescent; pappus 6–8 mm long.