Perennials, 10–25(–35) cm (cespitose or ± matted); proximal indument thinning with age, whitish to grayish, lanuginose. Stems mostly 5–15+, erect to ± spreading. Leaves basal, (1–)3–11 cm; largest blades linear-cylindric to ± fusiform, 3-dimensional, 1–2-pinnately lobed; primary lobes (7–)10–18+ pairs, ± imbricate, ultimate lobes ± involute, twisted. Heads 1(–3) per stem. Peduncles mostly ascending to erect, mostly 8–25 cm. Involucres obconic to ± cylindric. Phyllaries: longest 8–13 mm; outer evidently stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, ± arachnoid, apices erect, ± rigid. Corollas 5–7 mm. Cypselae 4–6 mm; pappi: longest scales 3–4.5 mm. 2n = 12.
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