Erect annual to 30 cm high, glabrous; stem solitary or branched. Leaves petiolate becoming sessile upwards, obovate-spathulate, 15–35(–55) mm long, 3–12(–20) mm wide, dentate to pinnatifid. Capitula 20–25 mm diam.; involucral bracts ovate to oblong, herbaceous with black scarious margins. Ray florets 17–20, pale yellow or white with yellow or green base; ligules 6–10 mm long; disc florets numerous, yellow, 5-lobed. Cypselas 2–3 mm long with 7–10 ribs; pappus absent, those of ray florets a corona to c. 2 mm long. Flowers spring–summer.
VVP, GipP. Native to Spain, Portugal and northern Africa (Morocco to Libya). A putative garden escape that has been collected at Deer Park and Yan Yean.
