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suffruticose, erect, glabrous; stems terete, striate, loosely corymbose or panicled above; leaves thickish, flat, half-clasping, variable in shape, either linear, oblong, lanceolate or spathulate, sparingly pinnate-lobed and toothed, or unequally toothed, the lobes and teeth acute; corymb few-headed, pedicels nearly nude; inv. sparingly calycled, of 10–12 acuminate scales; disc-fl. 30–35, rays 8–10; achenes minutely hispidulous. 1–2-ft. high, the stem and leaves somewhat fleshy. Leaves polymorphous, with a cartilaginous edge and sharp rigid teeth or lobes. Inv. 4–5 lines long. Heads much larger than in S. subsinuatus.