HABIT	AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL, ROSULATE, CREEPING, GLABROUS.
STEMS	STEMS SEVERAL, FLAGELLIFORM, CREEPING, 20-90 CM, BRANCHED; NODES 4-15 CM APART, WITH ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS AND SECONDARY LEAF ROSETTES.
LEAVES	ROSETTE LEAVES SPATULATE, 3-8 × 0.6-1 CM, SINUATE-DENTATE TO PINNATELY LOBED, ATTENUATE TOWARDS BASE, MARGIN WEAKLY TO DISTINCTLY DENTICULATE, APEX ACUTE, OBTUSE, OR ROUNDED.
FLOWERS	CAPITULUM SOLITARY, TERMINATING SECONDARY LEAF ROSETTES ALONG STEMS, WITH USUALLY 14-18 FLORETS; COROLLA YELLOW
FRUITS	ACHENES WEAKLY DIMORPHIC, BROWNISH TO BLACKISH, COLUMNAR TO CYLINDRIC, 3-5 MM; OUTER ACHENES WITH 5 THICK SOFT RIBS, SMOOTH, APEX POINTED TO SUBTRUNCATE; INNER ACHENES WITH 4 RIBS. PAPPUS 4-8 MM, CADUCOUS WITH PAPPUS DISK.