stem herbaceous, erect, simple, terete, softly hairy below, glandular-pubescent upward; radical leaves oval-oblong, thin, narrowed to the base, cobwebby-villous, becoming nude on the upper surface; cauline sessile, eared at base and stem-clasping, lanceolate-oblong, acute or acuminate, glandularly pubescent; corymb compound, loosely branched; heads campanulate, radiate, very many-fl.; inv. scales shining, silvery-white on the outer ray, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, longer than the disc. Stem 1–2 feet high. Radical leaves numerous, 2 1/2–3 inches long, 1 inch wide; cauline 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1/2 inch wide, green. Recept. naked, 4–5 lines diam. Fl. 2–300 in a head. Inv. 3/4 inch across.
