Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. asperum

Erect multistemmed perennial. Stems and leaves usually cottony at first, sometimes glabrescent. Leaves of main (flowering) stems oblong to narrowly obovate, to 5(–7) cm long, 5(–15) mm wide, at least the upper surfaces hispid with multicellar, gland-tipped hairs, the lower surface often hispid only along the midrib, sometimes cottony; margins flat or recurved; leaves on axillary, usually sterile branches, or separate stems, shorter (to c. 15 mm long), usually not hispid and often distinctly cottony. Capitula usually numerous in a compact hemispherical or corymbose conflorescence. Female florets with 0 or 1 pappus bristle. Flowers Sep.–Jan.