An erect hispid annual, 1–1 1/2 ft. high, branched at least above. Leaves ovate, acuminate, acute, serrulate, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, strigose, 2–3 by 1/2–1 in.; petioles 1/4– 1/3 in. Capitula campanulate in flower subglobose in fruit, 1/3 in. long, pedunculate, in corymbose leafy cymes; peduncles slender, pubescent, usually short but ranging up to 1 1/2 in. Outer involucral scales herbaceous above, not foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, not or scarcely acute, strigose, equalling or rather exceeding the flowers; inner paleaceous obtuse or mucronate. Ligule of the ray-florets 1/10– 1/6 in. long, bifid, yellow according to Schultz. Achenes turbinate-oblong, obtuse at both ends, doubly convex, silky-villous, spotted with black blotches and minute reddish ones, 1/5 in. long, truncate-cordate at apex, with a narrow short cup-shaped laciniate pappus and 2 smooth acicular setæ 1/12– 1/10 in. long.
