Perennials to c. 0.8 m high, not or slightly glaucous, glabrous. Leaves to 12 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 3–8, undivided or coarsely dentate, with 2–5 coarse teeth per side concentrated distally; base cuneate, without auricles, becoming strongly cordate upwards. Capitula few to several per stem; calycular bracteoles 3–6, 2–3 mm long; involucre c. 6–10 mm long, c. 5–7 mm diam.; bracts 12–16. Florets mostly numerous; ligulate florets 6–10; ligule 10–20 mm long, 4-or 5-veined; disc florets with corolla limb equal to or slightly longer than tube. Achenes ± narrowly obloid, 4–5 mm long, strongly ribbed and ridged, with papillose hairs restricted to grooves along summit of ridges; l:w ratio of hairs c. 10. Pappus persistent, 5.5–7 mm long; bristles scabridulous, with length of projections less than diameter of bristle.
Grows on plains and sand hills, in woodland and low woodland, and recorded once from a swamp on Kangaroo Island.
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