Stems from freely
rooting rhizomes; stems mostly solitary 2-6 dm tall, somewhat hairy below,
sticky above; cauline leaves in 2-4 pairs, reduced upwards,lower ones petiolate,
blades lanceolate, 5-20 cm long and 1.5-6 cm wide; well developed basal leaves
similar to the lower cauline; heads several, nodding in bud, later more or less
erect, campanulate, discoid though marginal corollas may be shortly radiate;
involucre 10-14 mm high, bracts narrow, acute; pappus tawny barbellate to
slightly subplumose; open places in the foothills and moderate elevations in the
mountains.