Rosette-lvs 2-5 × 0·5-1·5 cm., obovate-spathulate, sparingly clad in subhispid hairs to glab. on both surfaces; margins not woolly-fimbriate, sts with inconspicuous cottony hairs. Scape-lvs distant, small; lower oblong-ovate, c. 1 cm. long. Scapes very slender to almost filiform, not > 1 mm. diam., 10-25 cm. long. Glomerules 6-15 mm. diam. Phyll. c. 4 mm. long, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse to subacute; florets c. 4 mm. long. Achenes c. 1 mm. long, turbinate to subcompressed, densely clad in silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 3 mm. long.
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