Stems 40–70(–90) cm, densely (less coarsely) hispid (30–70 hairs/mm 2 ). Leaves: basal (often numerous), small, rarely exceeding 120 × 50 mm; faces densely (less coarsely) hispid (20–60 hairs/mm 2 ); mid to distal lanceolate to ovate. Heads in tightly clumped, usually rounded arrays, 3–13(–23.5) × (3.5–)6–13(–18) cm. Peduncles densely hispido-strigose. Phyllaries: outer densely strigillose; inner often more nearly linear, 0.7–1.2 mm wide, conspicuously strigillose. Disc corolla lobes shallow, 0.9–1.2(–1.3) mm. Cypselae usually strigillose distally. 2n = 18.
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