Propria hermaphroditis infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido, apicibus reflexis, æqualibus.

Femineis ligulata, lanceolata, tenuissime tridentata, tubo brevissimo.

Stamina hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera cylindracea, quinquedentata, longitudine corollulæ.

Pistillum Hermaphroditis; germen vix manifestum. Stylus cylindraceus, corolla paulo longior. Stigma simplex.

Femineis germen ovato-tetragonum, villosum, coronatum calyculo proprio. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata duo, ovata-oblonga, crassiuscula, erecta.

Pericarpium nullum. Calyx immutatus. Semina Hermaphroditis nulla.

Femineis solitaria, subrotunda, villosa. Pappus perianthium proprium pentaphyllum; foliolis ovatis, patentibus, coronatus perianthii proprii foliolis ovatis in orbem positis.

Receptaculum pilosum seu paleaceum, planiusculum.

Empalement common roundish, tiled; lower scales more loose, awl shaped; middle ones egg-shaped; innermost oblong; harsh, rounded, concave at the point.

Blossom compound raied; hermaphrodite florets numerous in the center. Of the Females tongue-shaped, nearly twenty, longer than the diameter of the center.