rhizome dividing, ligneous; leaves subradical, petioled, hispid and green above, albo-tomentose beneath, entire or pinnatisect, the segments oblong, acute, subdecurrent, with revolute margins; pedunc. longer or shorter than the leaves, pilose or glabrous; invol. campanulate, hispid or glabrous, segments 2–3-seriate, short, the outer linear, leafy, strigose, inner from an ovate base semi-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, memb.-edged, glabrous. Stems short, ascending or procumbent, leafy at base. Leaves 3–9 inches long, variably pinnate, sometimes undivided and lanceolate. Flowers large and showy, the rays bright orange, with a black or eyed spot at base. Best known from G. pinnata by its inv. scales. Var. γ, founded on a single specimen in Hb. Sond., has remarkably compound foliage, and may perhaps be a distinct species.
