Podolepis hieracioides

Erect, simple or sparingly branched herb, 20–70 cm high, renewed annually from a thickened persistent rootstock; stems woolly to glabrescent. Leaves scabrous to glabrescent, margins flat to revolute; basal leaves lanceolate to elliptic, to 20 cm long and 25 mm wide, base amplexicaul, apex acute; cauline leaves linear to narrow-lanceolate, mostly 5–13 cm long, 1–15 mm wide, sessile, stem-clasping, apex acute to acuminate. Capitula hemispherical, mostly 15–20 mm diam., 3–20 in dense cymes; peduncles 1–5 cm long; involucral bracts with linear, glandular claws; lamina ovate, scarious, virtually flat, smooth, shiny, apex obtuse; intermediate bracts 5–9 mm long, with claw longer than lamina; inner bracts long-clawed. Florets yellow; ray florets 15–30, ligules 10–18 mm long; disc florets numerous. Cypselas 2–3 mm long; pappus bristles 20–25, shortly connate at base, 6–8 mm long. Flowers Dec.–Apr.