Podolepis arachnoidea

Branched erect perennial, to 80 cm high; stems wiry, woolly to glabrescent. Leaves woolly on both surfaces or only on lower surface; basal leaves oblanceolate, to 13 cm long, to 20 mm wide; cauline leaves narrow-lanceolate, to 11 cm long, to 20 mm wide, stem-clasping, acuminate. Capitula campanulate, 5–10 mm diam., 2–10 in short cymes; peduncles to c. 5 mm long; involucral bract laminas narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious, transversely rugose, glabrous, shiny; intermediate bract laminas 5–10 mm long, short-clawed; inner bracts green with scarious margins, short-clawed. Florets yellow; ray florets 5–7, ligules c. 2.5 mm long, barely exceeding the involucre; disc florets usually 10–15. Cypselas 2–3 mm long; pappus bristles 25–30, free, 5–7 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.