Herbs, rhizomatous, with leafy stems, without stolons. Stems solitary or several, erect, to 40 cm tall, simple, pubescent. Basal leaves long petiolate; petiole 4-16 cm, sparsely pubescent, basally expanded; blade elliptic-lanceolate, 4-14 × 2-5 cm, papery or thinly so, both surfaces sparsely pubescent, pinnately veined, lateral veins 6-10, base broadly cuneate, margin irregularly sinuate-dentate, apex acute or acuminate. Stem leaves similar but smaller, with shorter petioles. Capitula 5 to many in terminal corymbs; peduncles 1-2 cm, pubescent, apically dilated. Involucres campanulate, 5-7 × 6-8 mm; phyllaries ca. 13, oblong-lanceolate, 6-7 × 1.5-2 mm, herbaceous, pubescent, apically acute to subacute. Ray florets ca. 13; corolla tube ca. 2 mm, glabrous; lamina yellow, oblong-elliptic, 8-10 × 3-4 mm, 4-veined, apically 3-denticulate. Disk florets numerous; corolla ca. 4 mm, with ca. 2 mm tube and campanulate limb; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Anthers ca. 1.5 mm, basally obtuse, appendages ovate-oblong. Style branches ca. 1 mm. Achenes cylindric, ca. 1.5 mm, smooth, glabrous. Pappus absent. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May. 2n = 48*, 96*.
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