Annuals to c. 0.5 m high, not glaucous, glabrous. Leaves to 10 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 7–12, undivided or lobate, with 1–3 lobes per side; base attenuate, without auricles; margin entire. Capitula several to numerous per stem; calycular bracteoles 2–4, 2–5 mm long; involucre 4–7 mm long, 6–10 mm diam.; bracts 14–22. Florets numerous; ligulate florets c. 8; ligule 5–10 mm long, 4-veined; disc florets with corolla limb c. as long as tube. Achenes narrowly bottle-shaped, 5–7 mm long, not ribbed, with ellipsoid granules crowded throughout. Pappus 4–7 mm long; bristles scabridulous proximally, with length of projections ± equal to diam. of bristle.
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