2n = 10

Herba annua (vel perennis?), 50-120 cm alta. Caulis crassus, erectus, ramosus vel ramosissimus (apice interdum irregulariter umbellatim ramosus), tota longitudine pilis bihamatis ancoriformibus basi saepe rigidissimis obtectus. Folia basalia 10-20 cm longa, 1,0-2,5 cm lata, anguste lanceolata vel anguste ovata, breviter petiolata, margine mucronulata vel integra; folia caulina numerosa, (2)4-20 cm longa, (0,3)0,4-2,5 cm lata, lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, petiolata vel sessilia; superiora sessilia, utrinque pilis bihamatis ancoriformibus rigidis, ad marginem etiam bifurcatis obtecta. Pedunculi erecti, 1-6 cm longi, nudi vel pilis bihamatis ancoriformibus obtecti, interdum squamis paucis squarrosis vel verticillatis, obovato-acutis vel lanceolatis obsiti. Capitula plura, ramos terminantia, ca. 30-45-flora, fructifera ca. 0,9-1,3 cm longa, ca. 0,5-0,6(0,7) cm diametro. Involucrum polyphyllum e squamis 28-40 lanceolatis, supra nudis, inferne semper pilis crassis vel gracilibus 0,3-0,6(1,5) mm longis, simplicibus rarissime bifurcatis vel bihamatis in serie singulari obsitis. Squamae exteriores 3- vel 4-seriatae erectae vel squarrosae vel reflexae, extimae 3,5-5,0(7,5) mm longae, 0,6-1,4(1,5) mm latae, longissimae 5,5-9,5 mm longae, 0,8-1,4(1,5) mm latae; squamae interiores 9,0-12,0(14,0) mm longae, (1,4)1,6-2,1 mm latae, squamis longissimis exterioribus subaequimagnae. Corollae 9,0-13,0 mm longae, in sicco ochraceae; ligula 5,0-9,0 mm longa, 1,0-2,0 mm lata, quinquedentata; tubus nudus vel apice sparse pilis tenuibus, simplicibus, brevibus obsits, antherae 1,3-2,0 mm longae; stylus 5,5-9,0 mm longus. Achenia conformia, brunnea, 4,0-5,2 mm longa (incl. cuspide), 0,8-1,1 mm diametro, anguste fusiformia, ad apicem gradatim in cuspidem brevem (0,4-0,9 mm longam) attenuata, longitudinaliter quinquecostata, transverse rugosa vel transverse costata (ca. 5,0-6,6 costae per mm longitudinis achaenii) et pappo 5,0-8,0 mm longo facile deciduo coronata. Radii pappi ca. 50-80, pinnulis multis longis dense obsiti (plumosi), basi in annulum conjuncti. Receptaculum nudum, alveolatum, ca. 3,5-,0 mm diametro. Squamae acheniis delapsis reflexae.