A strigose-scabrid herb. Branches opposite, terete. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate or entire, narrowed at the base into the short petiole, with prominent veins beneath, 1–4 by 1/3–1 in. Capitula campanulate-hemispherical, about 1/2 in. diam., solitary, erect. Peduncles 2–3 in. long, 1-headed or sometimes branched below. Outer scales of the involucre foliaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, 1/2– 2/3 in. long, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad, spreading; inner ones smaller, coriaceous below, foliaceous above. Ligule of the ray-florets oblong, golden, 1/2– 3/4 in. long, marked with 5–6 blackish longitudinal lines. Achenes of the disk-florets obconic, thick, doubly convex, compressed or obsoletely 4-sided, tipped with two subulate barbellate setæ. Inner pappus paleaceous, short.
