Arrhenechthites mixtus

Erect herb, mostly 50–90 cm high; stems simple or little-branched, purplish, sparsely cobwebbed to glabrescent. Leaves ovate to broad-lanceolate in outline, mostly 5–10 cm long, 10–40 mm wide, toothed to pinnatifid or pinnatisect, glabrous to sparsely cobwebbed, upper surface dark green, lower surface often purplish; petiole to c. 25 mm long, sometimes winged. Capitula few, 2–3 mm diam.; involucral bracts 6–8, linear, 10–20 mm long. Outer florets 6–12, 7–14 mm long, minutely ligulate. Inner florets 2–6, yellowish. Outer cypselas 5–7 mm long; pappus 10–15 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Mar.