herbaceous, minutely glandular-pubescent, leafy at the crown; stems several, erect, subsimple, angular, laxly leafy, one-headed; radical and lower leaves tapering at base into a petiole, oblongo-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, remotely denticulate, cauline sessile, half-clasping, linear, entire or denticulate; inv. sc. acuminate, viscoso-puberulous; achenes obovoid, obscurely 6-angled, thickly scaberulous and subglandular, especially on the dorsal facets. Rootstock perennial. Radical leaves 2 1/2–3 in. long, including the petiole, midribbed, 3–4 l. wide; cauline 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1–2 l. wide. All parts minutely glandular. Stems 6–10 inches long, simple, or branched at base. Habit nearly that of Dimorphotheca caulescens.
