Small to rather large tufted herb; lf-sheaths densely imbricate around stem. Lamina membr. to submembr., ± flaccid, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, 15-25-30-(35) × 1-4 cm.; upper surface glab. or nearly so except for us. distinct thin pellicle, midrib and main veins evident; lower surface clad in closely appressed white satiny tomentum, midrib prominent, pale. Margins entire, ± sinuate, slightly recurved, narrowing to slender ribbed petiole (3)-5-10 cm. long, which widens into ribbed, subcoriac., ± 5-10 cm. long sheath, ± clad in soft subfloccose deciduous hairs. Scape rather slender, up to c. 35 cm. long, clad in deciduous floccose hairs; bracts ∞, narrow-linear, ascending, rather stiff, lowest up to 10 cm., uppermost 10 mm. long, tomentum as in lvs. Capitula c. (2)-3-(5) cm. diam.; phyll. linear-subulate, subacuminate, up to 14 mm. long, ± hairy on back, midvein evident. Ray-florets ∞, ± 25 mm. long, tube narrow-cylindric; limb narrow-oblong, 3-4-toothed, veins evident. Disk-florets c. 7-10 mm. long, narrow-funnelform; teeth narrowly ovate-oblong. Achenes narrow, compressed-cylindric, glab. or nearly so, grooved, 3-4 mm. long. Pappus-hairs slender, white to sordid-white, up to c. 7 mm. long, hardly barbellate.
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