Erect subshrubs to c. 1 m high. Leaves undivided or pinnatisect, 2–10 cm long, mostly slightly fleshy; base of upper-branch leaves sometimes becoming dilated, never with narrow segments from an undilated base; margin mostly entire or nearly so; undivided leaves with l:w ratio c. 10–50; pinnatisect leaves with 1 or 2, rarely 3, segments per side. Capitula 3–20 per branch; calycular bracteoles 6–12, 2–3.5 mm long, 0.6–1 mm wide, peracute; involucre 4–6 mm long, 3–4 mm diam.; bracts c. 13, or c. 20; broader stereomes of inner bracts 0.5–1 mm wide. Ligulate florets 8–13, commonly fewer than number of involucral bracts; ligule 6–12 mm long. Achenes 1.8–2.8 mm long, c. 2/5–1/2 length of involucral bracts, brown or reddish, with papillose hairs obscuring 50–100% of surface; achenes of ligulate florets usually reddish rather than brown, with longer hairs exceeding pappus-ring more clearly. Pappus not persistent, 4–5 mm long.
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