Herba perennis, rhizomatosa; rhizomata tenuia (c. 1-1.5 mm diam.), horizontalia, fasciculos tuberium fusiformium radicalium (plerumque 10-20 x 2 mm) emittentia. Caules simplices, ramulis axillaribus foliatis nanis praediti, c. 15-25 cm alti, inferne foliati, superne in pedunculo longo nudo vel unibracteato transeuntes, pilis longis patentibus et aliis glanduliferis induti. Folia linearia, plerumque 25-75 x 1.5-4 mm, apice subacuto calloso, basi angustata, semiamplexicaulia, marginibus integris vel interdum dente calloso ornatis, utrinque pilis glandulosis et eglandulosis induta. Capitula c. 5-10 mm trans discum diametro, solitaria. Involucri bracteae triseriatae, 7-9 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae, virides purpureo-marginatae, pilosae et glandulosae. Flores radii c. 12-18, c. 15 x 2 mm, laete violaceo-caerulei. Flores disci corolla c. 4.5 mm longa, lutei. Achenia 2.5 mm longa, pilosa et glandulosa. Pappus biseriatus, externe squamis angustis c. 0.75 mm longis, interne setis scabridis c. 5 mm longis.
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