Erect, hispid, c. glaucous annual to c. 50 cm high; stem simple or few-branched. Basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate in outline, 3–16 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, obtuse, tapered at base, margins dentate to pinnatisect, sometimes lyrate; cauline leaves sessile, elliptic to linear, 3–14 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, acute, base auriculate, margins entire to pinnatisect. Capitula 1–9, 1–4 cm diam.; peduncles thickened below capitula; involucral bracts 13–22 mm long, hispid. Ligules c. 15 mm long, exceeding involucre, pale yellow. Cypselas 10–15 mm long, beak usually longer than body, puberulent, tuberculate below, brown; pappus 8–12 mm long, white. Flowers mostly Aug.–Dec.
Wim, VVP, MuF, GGr, VAlp. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW. Currently known in Victoria only from Mt Arapiles area, growing amongst rocks in disturbed sites.
