DESCRIPTION: Urediniospores are elliptic, 1-celled, spinulose. Teliospores bear a long, deciduous pedicel, are 2-celled, brown with each cell having a hyaline papilla. These latter stages are rarely seen.  HABITAT: The pale yellow spermogonia and aecia are on leaves, stems, petioles and flower-heads. SEASON: Occasional. March to June.