Erect herb, 30–100 cm high; stems sparsely strigose, often almost glabrous. Leaves stiffly hairy, apex acute, base cuneate to subcordate, margins undulate; rosette leaves lanceolate, 3–9 cm long, 5–15 mm wide; cauline leaves lanceo-late, becoming smaller towards inflorescence. Sepals narrow-lanceolate, 2–4 mm long, acute, scarcely connate at base, elongating to 5–7 mm in fruit; corolla 5–10 mm long, throat open and glabrous, orange or orange-yellow, tube somewhat longer than lobes; stamens inserted in corolla throat. Mericarps ovoid, 3–3.5 mm long, transversely wrinkled; dorsal and marginal ridges well developed, muricate. Flowers Sep.–Dec.