Annuals. Stems 60-120 cm tall, densely white pubescent, especially on upper part. Median cauline leaves ovate to deltate-ovate, 7-19 × 6-18 cm, short appressed pubescence on both surfaces, veins on lower surface densely white pubescent. Capitula radiate, ca. 20 mm wide; peduncle 15-35 mm, densely glandular pilose; phyllaries linear, rounded at apex, glandular pilose at base. Ray limb ca. 3.5 mm, shallowly 2-or 3-toothed, tube ca. 1.5 mm; disk corolla 2-2.5 mm, 5-toothed, tube 0.5-1 mm, pilose. Achenes 2.5-3.5 mm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 30.
Mountain slopes, forest margins, thickets, grasslands; at elevations up to 3,400 metres.
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