Perennial or possibly biennial. Stems erect, ribbed, branched above, 45-80-(100) cm tall, glabrescent or with cobwebby hairs. Lvs not decurrent on stems, with mixed cobwebby and scabrid hairs; lower lvs 2-pinnatisect, 8-15 × 3-5 cm, with narrowly lanceolate segments; upper lvs pinnatifid to simple and linear, becoming smaller. Capitula not clustered. Involucre ovoid, 6-8-(10) mm diam.; outer and middle bracts ovate to oblong, 3-(5)-veined, with cobwebby and very short glandular hairs; appendages erect, fimbriate, not covering bracts, membranous, not narrowed at junction with bract, decurrent on upper 1/2of bract; fimbriae 6-9 on each side, the distal ones brown, 1-1.5 mm long, the proximal ones scarious, united into an auricle. Florets purplish pink, the outer radiate. Corolla sparsely clothed in glandular papillae. Achenes c. 3 mm long, sparsely pubescent; pappus up to 1.5 mm long.