Herbs, matted, not scapose, 0.15-0.3 × 1-2 dm, tomentose, greenish. Stems matted, with persistent leaf bases, up to 8 height of plant; caudex stems matted; aerial flowering stems erect, slender, solid, not fistulose, 0.05-0.2 dm, tomentose. Leaves sheathing entire stem, 1 per node or fasciculate; petiole 0.05-0.15 cm, glabrous; blade linear to oblanceolate, 0.3-0.8 × 0.1-0.2 cm, densely white-tomentose on both surfaces, margins revolute. Inflorescences cymose or racemose, condensed, 0.2-0.5(-0.8) × 0.3-0.8 cm; branches dichotomous or secondaries suppressed, tomentose; bracts absent. Peduncles absent. Involucres 1 per node, campanulate, 1.5-3 × 1.5-3 mm, tomentose; teeth 4-5, erect to slightly spreading, 1-2 mm. Flowers 2-2.5 mm; perianth yellow, white-tomentose abaxially; tepals connate proximal 1/4, monomorphic, lanceolate; stamens exserted, 2.5-3 mm; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes light brown, 2-2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent.
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