Lvs and scapes very densely clad in soft snow-white floccose tomentum. Rosette-lvs c. 5-10 × 2-3 cm., obovate-spathulate, gradually narrowed to flat petiole. Lower scape-lvs similar but narrower, subacute; uppermost bractlike. Scapes c. 10-30 cm. long, c. 3 mm. diam., woolly covering ± deciduous when aged. Glomerules c. 2-3 cm. diam.; phyll. c. 5 mm. long, lanceolate to linear-oblong, subacute. Florets c. 4 mm. long, yellow. Achenes c. 4-5 mm. long, up to 1 mm. wide, obovoid, minutely papillose-pubescent; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.
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