2-3 middle tired.

1, leaves thick papery, gray-white pubescent above, and white glandular dots and small dots, abaxially densely gray-white arachnoid dense tomentum; basal leaves with long stalks, withered during flowering; stem lower leaves nearly orbicular or broadly ovate, pinnately parted, with 2-3 lobes on each side, lobes elliptic or obovate-oblong elliptic, with 2-3 small cleft teeth per lobe, main and lateral veins mostly dark brown or rust-colored when dry. The lobes are elliptic or obovate-oblong elliptic, with 2-3 small teeth per lobe, and the abaxial main and lateral veins are dark brown or rust-colored after drying, and the petiole is 0.5-0.8 centimeters long.

2, central leaves ovate, triangular-ovate or nearly rhombic, 5-8 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, one (to two) pinnately parted to cleft, each lateral lobe 2-3, lobes ovate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide. 5 cm, 1.5-2 cm wide, no longer divided or with 1-2 notched teeth on each side, leaf base broadly cuneate tapering into a short petiole, leaf veins conspicuous, raised on the abaxial surface.

Expanded information:

1. Heads ellipsoid, 2.5-3(-3.5) mm in diam.

2. Involucral bracts 3-4 layers, imbricate, outer involucral bracts small, herbaceous, ovate or narrowly ovate, abaxially densely gray-white arachnid woolly, margin membranous, middle involucral bracts longer than outer, long ovate, abaxially arachnid woolly, inner involucral bracts thinly textured, abaxially subglabrous.

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