Perennial woody herb or shrub 45–180 cm high; stems much branched, erect, sparsely arachnoid but glabrescent, sometimes also glandular, often purplish especially towards the base.. Leaves oblanceolate or elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 5–11.5 cm long, 0.4–3 cm wide, narrowed into a basally auriculate petioloid base, margins closely sinuate-denticulate or sinuate-serrate to coarsely acutely dentate, apex acute to obtuse, shortly apiculate, thinly arachnoid or floccose-tomentose, especially beneath, to almost glabrous, scattered-glandular beneath; auricles coarsely toothed or lobed; occasionally somewhat fleshy.. Capitula radiate, erect, numerous in congested or less often lax terminal corymbs; stalks of the individual capitula almost glabrous to sparsely glandular, and slightly arachnoid just beneath the capitulum; involucre cylindrical, 6.5–9 mm long, 3–4.5 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 2–6, lanceolate, 1–4.5 mm long, acute to obtuse, sparsely arachnoid or glabrous except at the margins; phyllaries 12–15, green, dark brown or black at the tips, 6–8.5 mm long, sparsely arachnoid to glabrous.. Ray florets bright lemon yellow to golden yellow, 11–13, tube 4–5.5 mm long, sparsely hairy, rays 6–10 mm long, 2–3.3 mm wide, 4-veined; disc florets yellow, corolla 5.5–8.3 mm long, expanded above the middle, glabrous or with a few hairs at the base, lobes 0.7–1 mm long.. Achenes 2.5–4 mm long, ribbed, shortly sparsely hairy in the grooves; pappus 5–8 mm long.
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