Podolepis laevigata

Erect, unbranched, herb to 40 cm high, possibly renewed annually from thickened persistent rootstock; stems several, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves virtually glabrous, margins flat to revolute, entire; basal leaves more or less linear, 5–13 cm long, 1–5 mm wide, petiolate, base amplexicaul with a conspicuous tuft of long hairs, apex acute; cauline leaves linear, 1–8 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, sessile, stem-clasping, apex acuminate. Capitula hemispherical, mostly 15–25 mm diam., usually solitary; peduncles 4–8 cm long; involucral bracts with linear, glandular claws; lamina more or less ovate, scarious, virtually flat, smooth, shiny, apex retuse or obtuse; intermediate bracts 7–12 mm long, with claws shorter than the lamina; inner bracts long-clawed. Florets bright yellow; ray florets 20–30, 10–20 mm long; disc florets numerous. Cypselas 2–2.5 mm long; pappus bristles 20–40, shortly connate at base, 5–8 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Nov.