Shrub to 80 cm tall, densely white-hairy. Stems erect. Leaves to 5 cm long, to 1.2 cm wide, densely pinnate, with segments to about 6 mm long. Capitula in clusters, to 2 cm across, long-stalked; summer. Florets bright yellow. [S. neapolitana Jord. & Fourr., S. tomentosa Pers.]

Italy

The subsp. pinnata. is more or less glabrous, has solitary capitula to 1.5 cm across and off-white florets.

Source: Lawson, L.; Spencer, R. (2002). Dahlia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.