Plants 30–80 cm, Stems glabrate proximally, sparsely pubescent distally. Leaves: blades of basal leaves ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 5–11 × 3–5(–6) cm, bases cuneate, margins weakly dentate or entire, faces (and petioles) glandular-pubescent; cauline leaves 5–7(–10), petiolate (proximal) or sessile (distal), blades ovate to lanceolate, bases clasping or not. Heads borne singly, 3–5(–6) cm diam. Peduncles 6–26 cm. Phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 14–20 mm, lengths about ² / 3 rays, apices filiform. Ray corollas 18–27 mm. 2n = 120.

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Podosphaera fusca parasitises live Doronicum plantagineum

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph of Ramularia doronici parasitises live leaf of Doronicum plantagineum