virgate, erect, simple or branched; branches terete, pubescent, robust; leaves densely crowded or tufted, sessile, oblong or cuneate-oblong, sharply serrate or entire, midribbed, on both sides conspicuously gland-dotted, glabrous; corymb compound, fastigiate, the pedicels pubescent; heads 20–25-flowered; inv.-scales oblong or ovato-lanceolate, loosely imbricated, glandular; recept. flattish, with many narrow-linear paleæ; pappus of several, unequal, broadish, flat, entire or toothed scales. 2–3 f. high, strong-growing, the young plants sub-simple, branched at the summit only. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long, 2–3 lines wide, mostly toothed, the upper ones often entire; dots oblong, resinous. Corymbs 2–3 inches across. Heads 2–3 lines diam. Pappus of broadish scales. A. punctata, Th.! is a var. of A. capitata. The anthers are minutely produced at base.
