Stems 5–12 dm from a short and caudex-like to somewhat elongate rhizome, densely spreading-puberulent to occasionally subglabrous; lvs basally disposed, ± densely spreading-puberulent beneath, sparsely so or more often glabrous above, the basal ones tufted and persistent, conspicuously petiolate, with serrate, cordate blade 4–12 × 4–11 cm, the cauline ones progressively reduced, less petiolate, and less cordate; infl paniculiform, with a few widely spreading, secund branches, the narrow heads densely crowded and often subglomerate; invol 3–4.5 mm, its bracts firm, somewhat keeled, shortly green-tipped; rays 3–6, short; disk-fls 3–6; pappus-bristles firm, reduced, much shorter than the hairy achenes; 2n=18. Open woods and rocky places, especially in calcareous soil; Va. to Ga. and Ala., w. to Ill. and w. Ky. and Tenn. (Brachychaeta s.)
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