Jacobaea incana can reach a height of 5โ15 centimetres (2.0โ5.9 in). This perennial herbaceous plant has a short stem and basal leaves arranged in a rosette. They are silver-gray green, thin, spatulate to broadly ovate, pinnate and hairy. This plant produces corymbs of yellow to orange-yellow flowers of about 13โ14 millimetres (0.51โ0.55 in). They bloom from June to Augus