Whole plant white
hairy; leaves lanceolate, 5-30 cm long, 1-25 mm wide, entire to pinnatifid;
involucre 2 cm high, bracts imbricate in 2 or 3 series, outer ones shorter;
flowers yellow, drying to pink; achenes 5-12 mm including the beak though beak
is variable perhaps depending on the variety; pappus abundant, white, bristly
hairs; in open places in the lowlands to the mountains.