Dioecious. Plants 5–12 cm (densely tufted, bases woody; root crowns relatively slender). Stolons none. Basal leaves absent at flowering. Cauline leaves spatulate, 5–12 × 2–4 mm, not flagged (apices emarginate or obtuse, abaxial faces tomentose, adaxial green). Heads borne singly. Involucres: staminate 5–9 mm; pistillate 10–15 mm. Phyllaries (relatively wide) distally white. Corollas: staminate 4–5 mm; pistillate 5–8 mm. Cypselae 1–2 mm, papillate; pappi: staminate 4.5–5.5 mm; pistillate 7–9 mm. 2n = 28.
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