Perennials, 1.5–5(–15) cm; taprooted, caudices multicipital or with relatively short, thick branches. Stems erect, usually hirsute, rarely loosely strigoso-villous, eglandular. Leaves basal (persistent) and cauline; basal blades linear-oblanceolate, 10–25(–50) × 0.8–2 mm, cauline on proximal 1 / 2 – 2 / 3 of stems, gradually reduced distally, margins entire, eciliate (apices rounded to obtuse), faces equally, densely loosely strigose to hirsuto-strigose, eglandular. Heads 1(–3, rarely). Involucres 4–7 × 7–10 mm. Phyllaries in (2–)3 series (subequal), sparsely to densely villoso-strigose (basal cross walls sometimes purple), sparsely minutely glandular. Ray florets 20–40; corollas white to pink or bluish, 6–8 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. Disc corollas 2.4–3.5 mm. Cypselae 2–2.3 mm, 2-nerved, faces densely strigose; pappi: outer of setae or scales, inner of 12–15 (readily falling) bristles.
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