Perennial scapigerous herbs or shrubs, heterogamous. Indumentum of vegetative surfaces pubescent or woolly. Leaves rosulate, petiolate. Capitula solitary on erect scapes, radiate; involucral bracts gradate; receptacle epaleate. Ray florets uniseriate, female; lower lip ligulate, 3-lobed; upper lip minutely 2-lobed; staminodes well-developed. Disc florets sub-bilabiate, hermaphrodite; outer lip 3-lobed; inner lip 2-lobed; basal anther appendages long-caudate, papillose or pilose; style branches scarcely divided, obtuse, papillate. Achenes cylindric to ovoid, apically truncate, villous with twin-hairs. Pappus uniseriate, of barbellate setae, white or cream.
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