leaves smooth, at first cobwebbed, then glabrous above, albo-tomentose beneath, petioled, lyrato-pinnatifid (rarely some entire), the terminal lobe large, ovate, the lateral in 2–3 pair, shortly oblong or deltoid, blunt; pedunc. 2–3 times as long as the leaves, tomentose; inv. sc. in several rows, more or less woolly, the outer taper-pointed, subsquarrose, inner obtuse; achenes silky and with a silky basal tuft; pappus-sc. tawny, tapering into a very slender, bristle-shaped, scabrous point. Very near H. Thunbergii, but the leaves in the many specimens seen are lyrate, with scarcely an odd exception, and smooth on the upper surface. Lvs. 3–6 in. long, the terminal lobe 1/2–1 1/2 in. wide. Pedunc. 4–12 in. long. Ray-fl. from the dry plant seem to have been red or purple, perhaps white or yellowish above?
