Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca

Perennial rhizomatous or stoloniferous herb to 65 cm high; flowering stem with sparse stellate hairs, eglandular hairs and occasional glandular hairs. Leaves oblong, elliptic or spathulate to oblanceolate, hirsute; margins entire or remotely denticulate; apex obtuse or subacute; base attenuate; basal leaves 6–20(–30) cm long, 1.2–6(–7) cm wide. Inflorescence with 2–12(–25) capitula; capitula 10–20 mm diam.; involucre campanulate, 5–11 mm long; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, olive or blackish-green with paler margins, often reddish at apex, with stellate hairs, eglandular hairs and fewer shorter glandular hairs. Florets 25–130, orange-brown to orange-red, turning purplish when dry; ligules 10–15 mm long. Cypselas cylindric, 1.2–1.5(–2) mm long, purplish-black; pappus 3.5–4 mm long. Flowers summer.