stem erect, branching, laxly leafy, cobwebby; branches long; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base, with revolute margins, scabrous on the upper, white-woolly on the lower surface, the lowest 3- the upper 1-nerved, all decurrent at base into a long, narrow stem-wing; inflorescence corymbo-cymose, branching; heads very densely crowded, sessile, 5–6-fl.; invol. glabrous and glossy, its scales membranous, erect, oblong, acute, the outer tawny, inner lemon-yellow, all semi-pellucid. Stems straggling or subscandent, several (?) feet long, slender; branches 12–18 inches long. Rameal leaves an inch or more apart, 2–4 inches long, 2–4 lines wide, the young ones thinly cobwebby, older glabrate, but scaberulous, deep green. Heads innumerable, very small, rufous, tipped with gold. Recept. honey-combed, the cells toothed. Pappus rough.
