Erect herbs to c. 0.6 m high, distinctly leafier in lower 1/3 at anthesis. Taproot usually moderately developed; secondary roots mostly fine. Stems ± glabrous or sparsely appressed-cottony basally. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 4–10 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 8–50, undivided; base without auricles or uppermost leaves with small projections; margin ± entire or with scattered small teeth; both surfaces hispid reducing to glabrous upwards; lower surface generally purple. Capitula numerous per stem; calycular bracteoles 3–5, 1–2 mm long; peduncle and calyculus not cobwebby at anthesis; involucre 5–7 mm long, 1–1.4 mm diam.; bracts 7–13, glabrous. Florets 12–25. Achenes narrowly obloid-ellipsoid, 2–2.8 mm long, red-brown or dark brown, with papillose hairs in lines or bands; l:w ratio of hairs c. 2. Pappus 4.5–6 mm long.
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