Erect to sprawling herbs to 0.8 m high, usually distinctly leafier in lower 1/3 at anthesis. Taproot inconspicuous; secondary roots fleshy. Stems sparsely appressed-cottony or ± glabrous, transiently or rarely persistently slightly hispid. Leaves 7–13 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 8–15, undivided or lobate, with 1–3 triangular to oblong lobes per side; base with small auricles above mid-stem; margin entire or with scattered teeth; upper surface hispid, becoming sparse upwards; lower surface as for upper, or cobwebby, or glabrous except for midrib. Capitula several (to many) per stem; calycular bracteoles 6–10, 2–4 mm long; peduncle and calyculus slightly to moderately cobwebby at anthesis; involucre 6–11 mm long, 2.8–4 mm diam.; bracts (12–) 16–25, glabrous. Florets 50–70. Achenes narrowly obloid, 2–3 mm long, brown, with papillose hairs in broad bands; l:w ratio of hairs c. 3–4. Pappus 6–8 mm long.
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