Annuals to c. 0.3 m high, not glaucous, usually with scattered coarse hairs. Leaves to c. 12 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 2–4, lobate to pinnatisect, with 2–4 segments per side, and segments often themselves lobed; base becoming auriculate upwards; margin with scattered teeth. Capitula few to several per stem; calycular bracteoles 3–6, 2–5 mm long; involucre c. 6–10 mm long, 7–10 mm diam.; bracts 12–20. Florets numerous; ligulate florets 8–16, functionally sterile; ligule 6–15 mm long, 4 (–8)-veined; disc florets with corolla limb c. as long as tube. Achenes narrowly obloid, 4–6 mm long, prominently ribbed, but surface obscured by hairs; l:w ratio of hairs c. 10. Pappus 5–8 mm long; bristles barbellate proximally, with length of projections c. 2–3 times diam. of bristle.
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