Descriptions : Herb Erect herb, stem with appressed hairs; leaves opposite, serrate, ovate or narrowly elliptic, 2 sides slightly to noticeably unequal, appressed hairs on both surfaces; blade with decurrent base, apex acute or subacute, primary vein forming short apical point; petiolewith long hairs along 2 margins; inflorescence of 2 (or more?) sessile or pedunculate heads in axil of leaf; heads paleaceous; marginalflowers ligulate, apex of corolla yellow, ovary flattened with row of bristles on either edge and 2 bristles distally, pappus wanting; disk flowers approximately 3-6, corolla with yellow apex, 4 lobes, the lobes fimbriate with short, thick hairs; anthers surrounding style and stigma; ovary 4-angled, with 2 (-3) large bristles, pappus wanting; fruit from both flattened and 4-angled flowers, with blackish seed.
