quite glabrous; stem erect, terete, smooth, simple at base, loosely panicled above; leaves smooth on the midrib, the lower runcinate-pinnatifid or quite entire, narrow, acuminate, upper sagittate at base, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, entire; achenes with a single, slender or faint central rib, rather longer than the beak; pappus pale-yellowish, rarely white. Stem rigid, 1–2 feet high, leafy chiefly near the base, the upper leaves small and sparse, much-branched above. Leaves 3–5 in. long, seldom more than 4–5 lines wide, much acuminate; frequently quite entire and then linear-lanceolate. In Herb. Th., sheets 1 of “ Scorzonera Capensis ” and sh. 2, 4, of “ Lact. Capensis ” belong to this; but sheet 1, 3 of Lact. Capensis belong to Sonchus Ecklonianus. Sheet 2 of “ Scorz. Capensis ” is also a Sonchus, but without its leaves.
