Herbs, erect, 1-4.5 dm, tomentose to floccose, grayish. Stems: aerial flowering stems erect or nearly so, (0.1-)0.2-0.6(-0.8) dm, tomen-tose. Leaves basal and cauline; basal: petiole (1-)2-5(-7) cm, floccose, blade narrowly oblong to obovate, 1-5(-7) × (0.5-)1-2(-3) cm, densely grayish-tomen-tose abaxially, floccose to glabrate and greenish adaxially; cauline: petiole (0.5-)1-2(-3) cm, floccose, blade narrowly oblong, (0.8-)1-3(-6) × 0.2-1(-2) cm, similar to basal blade. Inflorescences cymose, open, (5-)10-30(-40) × 5-30 cm; branches tomentose to floccose; bracts 0.5-2 × 0.5-1 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres terminal at tips of slender branchlets proximally, not appressed to branches, turbinate, 2.5-3.5(-4) × 2-2.5 mm, tomentose; teeth 5, erect, 0.1-0.3 mm. Flowers (1.5-)1.7-2(-2.2) mm; perianth white to rose, glabrous; tepals essentially monomorphic, elliptic to oblong or obovate; stamens included, 1.5-2 mm; filaments glabrous; styles 0.2-0.3 mm. Achenes light brown, 3-gonous, 1.7-2 mm; beak smooth.
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