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Glabrous, sometimes glaucous, perennial herb, rootstock somewhat creeping, tuberous, tubers woody, elongated, up to c. 3-5 x 1 cm, flowering stems one or several from the crown, up to 75 cm tall, simple below the inflorescence branches, closely leafy near the base, nude above. Leaves somewhat fleshy, up to 10 x 4 cm but often only half that size, narrowly to broadly elliptic, triplinerved, apex obtuse to subacute, base broad or slightly narrowed, half-clasping, margins entire or distantly callose-denticulate. Heads radiate, up to c. 15 on long nude or nearly nude peduncles corymbose-paniculately arranged. Involucre campanulate, bracts 10-12, (6-)7.5(-10) mm long, about equalling the disc, broad, flat, leathery, nerves resinous, calyculus bracts 1 or 2, very small. Rays 8-10, long and spreading, they and the disc bright yellow, median line in corolla lobes running back down inflated part of tube. Achenes 3 mm, cylindric, ribbed, glabrous.
Perennial herb; flowering stems up to 0.75 m high from tuberous, woody rootstock, 1 or several from crown, simple below inflorescence branches, closely leafy near base, nude above, glabrous. Leaves: blade narrowly to broadly elliptic, up to 100 x 40 mm, triplinerved, apex obtuse to subacute, base broad or slightly narrowed, half-clasping, margins entire or distantly callose-denticulate; somewhat fleshy, glabrous. Heads radiate, up to ± 15 on long peduncles, corymbose-paniculately arranged. Involucral bracts 10-12, (6.0-)7.5(-10.0) mm long, ± equalling disc florets; calyculus bracts 1 or 2, very small. Flowers: ray florets 8-10; ray and disc florets bright yellow; Nov.-Apr. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary) cylindric, ribbed, glabrous.
Perennial herb, glabrous, ± glaucous, rootstock tuberous, up to 50 x 10 mm. Flowering stems 1-several, up to 0.75 m high, simple, leafy near base, nude above. Leaves ± fleshy, narrowly to broadly elliptic, up to 100 mm long, triplinerved, base broad, ± clasping, margins entire to ± callose-denticulate. Inflorescence a corymbose panicle. Capitula 1-15, radiate, disc and rays bright yellow, rays 8-10, long, spreading; involucre campanulate; bracts 10-12, 6-10 mm long; calyculus bracts 1 or 2, minute. Flowering time Dec.-July. Cypselae cylindrical, 3 mm long, ribbed, glabrous.
Perennial herb, up to 0.75 m high. Leaves somewhat fleshy, glabrous, narrowly to broadly elliptic, triplinerved, margins entire or distantly callose-denticulate. Heads radiate, rays 8-10; involucral bracts 10-12, (6.0-)7.5(-10.0) mm long. Achenes and ovaries glabrous. Flowers bright yellow.
Tuberous-rooted, glabrous, tufted perennial to 30 cm. Leaves lanceolate, sparsely toothed, 3-veined from base. Flower heads radiate, in lax corymbs on elongate, naked peduncles, yellow.
A perennial herb with rather fleshy glaucous stems and leaves, 1-2 ft. high, drying black
Ray-and disk-florets yellow in heads 1/3 in. long
