stem erect or spreading, branched, leafy, rough with rigid, swollen hairs; leaves alternate, sessile, broadly-linear, elongate, subacute, flat, calloso-denticulate or entire, sprinkled above with rigid, swollen hairs, conspicuously gland-dotted; heads terminal or pseudo-lateral, sessile, subtended by leaves; outer invol.-scales with short, leafy tops, inner lanceolate, acute; outer pappus of oblong, blunt, inner of bristle-pointed scales. Stem 6–8 inches (probably more) in height, closely leafy. Leaves 2–2 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2–2 lines wide. Stem and leaves rough to the touch, with short, thick hairs. Cor. lobes subulate, strongly ribbed. Style branches long, linear, flat. Pappus of 6 outer, blunt scales, and as many bristle-pointed inner ones. Known by its broader, subdenticulate leaves and rough pubescence.