Biorepository Data Portal

Shrubs, 20-50(-100) cm. Stems erect (woolly). Leaves (proximal usually mostly alternate): blades cuneate to obovate, 0.5-5 cm (the longer 1-2-pinnately lobed, lobes linear, the shorter 3-5-lobed or -toothed), ultimate margins entire, revolute, abaxial faces woolly, adaxial usually glabrate (distal leaves gradually reduced in size and lobing). Heads (3-)4-7(-10) or 10-30+ per array. Peduncles mostly 0-2.5(-9) cm. Involucres campanulate, 3-7 mm diam. Phyllaries 4-7, distinct or connate at bases (broadly elliptic or ovate, carinate, apices obtuse or acute). Ray florets 0 or 4-6(-8); laminae golden yellow, 2-5 (× 1.5-3) mm. Disc florets 10-75; corollas 2-4 mm. Cypselae 1.5-3.5 mm; pappi of 2-14 cuneate to oblanceolate (subequal), erose scales 0.5-1.3 mm.