Herbs, biennial. Stems 8-30 cm tall, erect, solitary, branched above middle, lower parts sparsely pilose. Lower and middle stem leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 2-2.5 × 2.5-3 cm, 2-pinnatisect; primary lateral segments 2-paired; ultimate segments linear or narrowly linear, apex long acuminate. Distal stem leaves and leaves below synflorescence pinnatisect. Synflorescence a lax flat-topped cyme. Capitula 2-4. Involucres shallowly cup-shaped, 1-1.5 cm in diam.; phyllaries in 4 rows, scarious margin white or brown, outer ones linear, 5-6 mm, abaxially sparsely pubescent, middle and inner ones elliptic to oblanceolate, 7-8 mm, middle ones abaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous, inner ones abaxially glabrous. Ray floret lamina white or pink, 1-1.5 cm, apex minutely 3-denticulate. Fl. Jul-Sep.
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