stem suffruticose, diffuse or ascending; branches curved, woolly-canescent below, scabrous above, leafy; leaves sessile or petioled, on both sides woolly-tomentose, canous, closely pinnatisect, the lobes on each side 8–12, shortly linear, obtuse, simple or 2–3-fid; infl. loosely panicled, subcorymbose, the long, nearly nude pedicels very scabrous; inv. scarcely calycled, of 12–13 very scabrous, dark-tipped scales; disc-fl. 40–50, rays 12–13, 4-lined; achenes 5-angled, glabrous. Stems numerous, woody at base, at first decumbent, then ascending-erect, 1–2 ft. long; the lower part nude and glabrate; the medial leafy and white-woolled; the upper green, scabrous, not woolly and sparsely leafy or nude. Leaves about uncial, sessile and petioled on the same specimen, the lobes 2–3 lines long, very close. Pedicels 2–3 inches long. Inv. scales 4 lines long. Rays pale yellow.
