| Plant, height (cm) | 70–85 | 100–150 |
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| Stem | always simple, ca. 10 mm in diam. at base, loosely leafy from lower to median part | often branched from near base to median part, 10–15 mm in diam. at base, densely leafy in median part |
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| Lower cauline leaves, width (cm) | 10–15 | 16–17 |
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| Median cauline leaves, size (cm) | 15–20 × 8–10 | 19–28 × 10–17 |
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| Capitula | several, 7 to 10, the upper capitula on peduncles 6–12 cm long | numerous, 15 to 22, upper capitula on peduncles 13–20 cm long |
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| Involucres, width (mm) | 30–35 | 35–40 |
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| Appendages | rigid, distinctly ciliate, spine much longer than adjacent cilia | chartaceous, sometimes acute at apex or appendiculate, cilia short, sometimes cilia very few or lacking, spine longer than adjacent cilia, rarely very short and mucronate |
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| Outer phyllaries, width (mm) | 5–6 | 7.5–10 |
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| Outer appendages | not decurrent, 10–12 × 6–8 mm (including cilia and spine), cilia 5–8 on each side | narrowly decurrent, 8–10 × ca. 9–10 mm (including cilia and spine), cilia 8–12 cilia on each side, sometimes denticulate |
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| Median appendages | elongate triangular, brown to dark brown, 15–18 × 6–8 mm (including cilia and spine), cilia 5–8 on each side, gradually narrowing into a 8–10 mm spine | triangular, straw-coloured, 11–13 × ca. 10–11 mm (including cilia and spine), cilia 3–5(–6) on each side, gradually narrowing into a 5–7 mm spine |
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| Inner appendages | dark brown, 2–4 mm wide (including cilia) | pale brown-reddish, 4–10 mm wide (including cilia) |
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| Central florets, length (mm) | 38–42 | 46–48 |
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| Achenes, shape | oblong | lanceolate |
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| Achenes, size (mm) | 7–7.5 × ca. 3 | 9–10 × 3.2–3.8 |
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| Achenes, color | brown | yellowish, shiny |
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| Insertion areole of achenes, length (mm) | ca. 0.5 | ca. 1 |
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