Herb, annual, forming rounded tufts 2–4 cm diam. Leaves basal, regularly radiating; sheath 1.5–3 mm long, c. 0.6 mm wide, pilose; lamina linear, 6–24 mm long, pilose near base. Cataphyll subacute, 2–2.5 mm long. Heads sessile or subsessile, cylindric, c. 2 mm diam., crowded in centre of the tuft. Primary bracts opposite, loosely sheathing; outer bract with a membranous sheath 1.7–2.5 mm long, sparsely pilose with ciliate margins, with a linear lamina 0.8–3.2 mm long; inner bract similar, slightly smaller, with a lamina 0.5–2 mm long. Pseudanthia 4–6, all bisexual. Secondary bracts 2 per pseudanthium, narrowly oblong, 1.7–2.2 mm long, truncate with erose-fimbriate apices. Stamen free; anther c. 1 mm long. Carpels 4–10; styles free; papillae simple, c. 0.03 mm. Seed ovoid, c. 0.4 mm long.
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