Rosette-lvs 6-20 × 1·5-2.5 cm., petiole about = lamina; thin with evident venation; narrow-to rather broad-obovate, cuneately narrowed to petiole, apiculate, surfaces glab. to very sparsely clad in short hairs; margins nude to ciliate, or with obscure fringe of hairs. Scape-lvs ovate, lower up to 5 cm. long. Scapes 15-40 cm. or more tall, 1-2 mm. diam., glab. or with scattered short hairs. Glomerules 1·5-2 cm. diam., phyll. c. 4 mm. long, about oblong; florets c. 4 mm. long, yellow. Achenes c. 2.5 mm. long, turbinate to subcompressed, densely clad in long silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.
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