connate
4.Achenes 8-ribbed, white pilose; pappus scabrous, 10-12 mm long, connate at base.
5.Flowers 1-2 in leaf axils, pedicels 1 cm long, stout; bracts broadly ovate, 4-5 mm long; sepals 5, elliptic-ovate, 7-8 mm long, apex rounded; petals 5, 8-10 mm long, base connate; stamens numerous, 5-7 mm long.
6.Flowers solitary and terminal, 8-10 cm in diam., sessile; bracts 3; sepals 5, obovate, covered with caduceus tomentum outside; petals 6-8, white, obovate, 3-4.5 cm long, connate at base, outmost 2 hairy; stamens numerous, distinct, 1.7 cm long; ovary hairy, styles 3.
