Erect or sprawling herbs to c. 0.5 m high, not leafier in lower 1/3 at anthesis. Primary roots well-developed; secondary roots slightly fleshy. Stems hispid but becoming glabrous basally, becoming sparsely to moderately appressed-cottony or woolly upwards. Leaves narrowly elliptic to linear, 5–10 cm long, with l:w ratio 6–15, undivided; base without auricles or upper-most leaves with small projections; margin ± entire or with scattered teeth; upper surface ± densely hispid, initially with a cottony overlay; lower surface similar but overlay densely woolly. Capitula several to numerous per stem; calycular bracteoles 3–5, 1–1.5 mm long; peduncle and calyculus cobwebby at anthesis; involucre 5–7 mm long, 1–1.5 mm diam.; bracts mostly 7–10, glabrous. Florets 12–25. Achenes very narrowly obloid to slightly bottle-shaped, 2.8–3.2 mm long, with ribs convex, light or dark brown or reddish, with papillose hairs in lines; l:w ratio of hairs c. 2–3. Pappus 5–6 mm long.
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