stem herbaceous, ascending-erect, glabrous, rib-striate, ending in a 1-headed, 2–3 bracteate peduncle; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, half-amplexicaul, with a thickened, cartilagineo-serrulate margin, glabrous; invol. sc. acuminate, flat, glabrous; achenes thinly pilose. Similar to D. lævigatus, but with much more acuminate and narrower, scabro-serrate, rigid leaves, and much less hairy achenes. Leaves 2–3 1/2 inches long, 2–5 lines wide.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Magalisberg, Burke and Zey.! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
