A perennial plant growing 4-28" (10-70 cm). Leaves: 2-14" (5-35 cm) long, very narrow to broadly lanceolate, broader above middle, without teeth, with a few teeth, or sometimes deeply pinnately divided. Flowers: head 1/2-1 1/4" (1.3-3.1 cm) wide; flowers all of ray type, those in middle very short. Fruit: seed-like, with fine ridges at tip and fine white hairs on tip of the stalk.
An infusion of the entire plant is used as a wash for sores and rashes. The milky latex is applied to warts in order to remove them. This requires constant applications over a period of weeks for it to be effective. A poultice made from the latex is applied to sores
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