Leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, 6–10 (–20) cm long, 1–2 cm wide, green, glabrous; lateral lobes in 4–5 (–7) pairs, falcate to deltoid; distal margins of upper 3 or 4 lobes entire, proximal margins entire; terminal lobe hastate; petioles faintly pink, narrowly winged; midrib green. Scapes c. 2 cm long at anthesis, c. 14 cm long in fruit, woolly in bud, glabrous at maturity, green to pale purple. Capitula 3 cm diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 4–7 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, upright to patent, white-bordered (c. 0.2 mm wide), sparsely ciliolate marginally, slightly callus-tipped; inner bracts linear, 10–11 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, slightly callus-tipped. Outer florets with ligule flat, exceeding involucre by c. 3 mm; anthers with pollen; stigmas greenish yellow. Achenes turbinate, 3.5–4 mm long, c. 0.8 mm wide, light red-brown, usually smooth in lower part, with erect spines c. 0.2 mm long apically; cone cylindrical, 0.5–0.6 mm long; beak 6–7 mm long. Pappus 5–6 mm long, pale brown.
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