Annuals to c. 0.3 m high, with scattered coarse hairs on newer growth. Leaves to c. 6 cm long, undivided and then narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate or linear, or coarsely dentate; base attenuate to cuneate, sometimes becoming cordate upwards; margin denticulate or serrate, with teeth sometimes crowded. Capitula several to numerous per stem; calycular bracteoles 2–5, 1–2.5 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide; involucre 5–8 mm long, 2–2.5 mm diam.; bracts 8–10 (13); receptacle lacking marginal tubercles. Florets 15–30; female florets 4–6; corolla tube 3.5–5 mm long; ligule 1.5–2.5 mm long. Achenes obloid, homomorphic, 2–2.5 mm long, with papillose hairs covering 50–100% of surface, hardly exceeding pappus-ring. Pappus 5 mm long.
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