Plants 40 cm to 1 m tall, pubescent. Root thick. Stem base fibrous. Leaves densely pubescent, tripinnate, 5-35 cm long; ultimate segments linear to lanceo¬late, up to 1 cm long. Involucre of 3-6 densely pubescent bracts. Rays 10 to numerous, stout, hirsute, up to 15 cm long at the fruiting stage. Involucel of 5-8 densely pubescent linear bractlets. Ovary pubescent; styles slender. Fruit pedicels up to 1.5 cm long. Fruit elliptic to obovate, 9-12 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; margin tumid.

Type locality: Described from cultivated specimens; seeds originated from area between Baghdad and Kermanshah (Fl. USSR. 17: 267).

Distribution: Middle East to Iran, Afghanistan, W. Pakistan and URSS.