Herbs, mats, 1-3.5(-4) × 1-3(-5) dm. Aerial flowering stems erect, 0.7-2.5 dm, usually tomentose, without one or more leaflike bracts ca. midlength. Leaves in somewhat compact rosettes; blade usually elliptic, (0.3-)1-1.5(-2) × 0.1-1(-1.2) cm, densely tomentose abaxially, mostly glabrous and green adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences umbellate; branches 3-10(-15) cm, usually tomentose, without a whorl of bracts ca. midlength; involucral tubes 2-3 mm, lobes 2-3 mm. Flowers 4-8 mm; perianth bright yellow.