Upright soft perennial, branched at the base, up to 90cm. Leaves 2-6cm long, finely divided. Single flowers on long stalks, disc and rays bright yellow, often with a darker brown-red reverse; innermost bracts with distinctive papery tips.

After: J.H. Ursinus (1608-1666), of Regensburg, author of Arboretum Biblicum.