Small, robust herbs. Leaves entire to deeply lobed; petioles winged. Scapes usually lateral to the leaf rosettes. Involucre phyllaries corniculate to cornute. Ligules yellow. Anthers polliniferous or not so. Styles and stigmas yellow to dull yellow or greenish. Cypselas greyish or greyish-straw brown. Cypselas 3 – 4.8 mm long, tuberculate all over or spinulose above; cone 0.5 – 1  mm long, abruptly or subabruptly formed; beak 7 – 12  mm long; pappus 5.5 – 8  mm long, white or creamish.