Podolepis aristata subsp. affinis

Erect, simple or branched, wiry annual herb, to 40 cm high; stems sparsely woolly to glabrescent. Leaves woolly to cobwebbed, less densely so above, margins flat to revolute, entire; basal leaves often withered at anthesis, usually oblanceolate, to 12 cm long and 15 mm wide, petiolate, base amplexicaul, apex acute; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 1–12 cm long, 3–15 mm wide, sessile, stem-clasping, apex acute. Capitula hemispherical, 10–20(–25) mm diam., many in short cymes, rarely solitary; peduncles 1–6 cm long; involucral bracts with slender linear, glandular claws; lamina more or less triangular to ovate, acute to shortly acuminate, scarious, transversely rugose at least distally, shiny; intermediate bracts 6–12 mm long, with linear glandular claws shorter than the lamina; inner bracts long-clawed. Florets yellow; ray florets 20–30, 10–20 mm long; disc florets numerous. Cypselas 1.5–2 mm long; pappus bristles 15–20, free, 4–8 mm long. Flowers Aug.–Nov.