Herbs, spreading, 0.5-1.5(-2) dm, sericeous, tawny to reddish. Stems: aerial flowering stems spreading, 0.3-0.5 dm, sericeous. Leaves basal and cauline; basal: petiole 0.5-2 cm, sericeous, blade obovate to rounded, 0.5-1.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, sericeous and greenish on both surfaces; cauline: petiole (0-)0.1-1 cm, sericeous, absent distally, blades opposite, obovate to rounded, 0.2-1 × 0.2-1 cm, similar to basal blade. Inflorescences cymose, distally uniparous due to suppression of secondary branches, diffuse, 3-15 × 3-20 cm; branches sericeous; bracts 1-3 × 1-2 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres somewhat appressed to branches, turbinate-campanulate, 2-2.5 × 1.5-2(-2.5) mm, sericeous; teeth 5, spreading, 0.8-1.5 mm. Flowers 1.5-2 mm; perianth pale yellow to pink or red, hirtellous with whitish hairs; tepals dimorphic, those of outer whorl fan-shaped, inflated and hooded distally, those of inner whorl lanceolate; stamens included, 1.5-2 mm; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes brown, 3-gonous, 1-5 mm.
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