Tufted subscapose perennial herb 5–40 cm tall; stems sparsely pubescent to almost glabrous.. Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, oblanceolate-linear or linear, 1.5–5.3 cm long, 0.1–0.7 cm wide, base cuneate-attenuate, margins sinuate-denticulate or remotely sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse, shortly scattered-pubescent, especially beneath.. Capitula solitary, long-stalked, discoid; stalk almost glabrous except for fine hairs just below capitulum, or entirely glabrous; involucre cylindrical, 5.5–6 mm long, 2–3 mm in diameter; phyllaries 8, green, very sparsely shortly crispate or glabrous, 4.5–5.5 mm long.. Disc florets yellow; corolla 4–5 mm long, tube glabrous, lobes 1.2–2 mm long.. Achenes 2 mm long, shortly hairy; pappus 2–3.5 mm long.