Stems ascending to erect, not mat-forming, usually red, villous-hirsute, hairs straight and spreading, 0.6–0.7 mm. Stipules villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs; petiole villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs; blade 2–4.5 × 2–4.5 mm, as long as wide, surfaces silver-green, villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs. Involucre villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs. Pistillate flowers: ovary villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs. Capsules villous-hirsute with straight, spreading hairs.