Semina hermaphroditis solitaria, linearia, quadrangula. Pappus pilosus, copiosus.
Receptaculum nudum, planiusculum.
Empalement. Common, simple; of many leaves; small leaves equal.
Blossom. Compound, radiate. Florets with chives and pointals equal; numerous in the centre. Florets with only pointals ligulate; equal in number to the leaves in the circumference of the empalement.
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel-shaped; border five cleft, upright.
Individuals with pointals only, liguiate, lance-shaped, toothed at the point.
Chives. Five threads, thread-shaped and short. Tips forming a hollow cylinder, with five clefts at the top.
Pointal of florets with chives and pointals. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summits two, a little upright.
Of florets with pointals only. Seed bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summits two, oblong, rather blunt, and rolled back.
Seed-vessel none. Cup not changing.