Folia late ovala, elliptica, ovato- vel oblongo-, intima saepe anguste lanceolata, itaque rotundato-obtusa vel (intimum saepe longa) acuminata, rigidiuscula, lutescenti-prasinoviridia, rarissime submaculata, subtus partim ± intense colorata et in costa petioloque leviter vel pleraque et praesertim caulimum (oblongo-lanceolatum vel angustum vel reductum) densissime floccosae, margine petioloque breviter pilorulae; exteriora denticulata val paulo grossius dentata, majora simiato - breviter lateque vel inferne longius acutius dentata; inferiora saepe dentibus longis angustis antrosum curvatis vel interdum etiam liberis obsita; caulimum 0 vel anguste vel oblongo-lanceolatum vix vel distincte vel inferne longe dentatum longissime acuminatum. Rami 1-3(-4), inferius e folii caulini axillo osto; acladium 1-4 cm; capitula 2-7(-12); pedicelli subgraciles superne parce vel subundice ± obscure pilosi parce vel disperse, lateralibus saepe densiuscule breviter nigroglandulosis. Involucra 9-12 mm denique lata, pilis basi atris subpilosae vix vel disperse glandulosa sub- vel densiuscule, basi dense floccosa, squamis subangustis plerisque longe subulatis. Ligulae ± magnae, stylis brunneoluteis. A. ssp. maculoso foliis floccosis, involucris magis floccosis glandulisque minus numerosis differt. A ssp. stenolepis v. subpinnatum derivandum. Z.