Erect herbs to 1.0 m high, sometimes leafier in lower 1/3 at anthesis. Roots not seen. Stems densely hispid, reducing to sparsely hispid or glabrous upwards. Leaves 7–15 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 5–20, undivided or coarsely dentate to lobate, with 3–5 narrowly triangular projections per side; base without auricles; margin entire or with occasional teeth; upper surface usually hispid, with hairs rather long, sometimes ± glabrous; lower surface glabrous except for hispid midrib and major veins. Capitula several per stem; calycular bracteoles 8–10, 3–5 mm long; peduncle and calyculus sometimes sparsely cobwebby at anthesis, with bracteole margin often hispid; involucre 8.5–10 mm long, c. 3 mm diam.; bracts c. 13, glabrous. Florets 50–60. Achenes not known in mature state, with papillose hairs present. Pappus 6–8 mm long.
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