Juvenile Leaves are scabrous and oblong and sometimes coarsely toothed.
Leaves are alternate and somewhat rough and hairy.
Lower leaves taper at both ends, where as the upper leaves are sessile sometimes with an ear like lobe at the base. Mature Erect with elongated branches which branch at the base of the plant. Grows to be to 1 meter tall. Flowers are not crowded in the head. The bracts are showy and tipped with a broad appendage with light brown borders.