Herbs, perennial, with moderately thickened rootstock. Stems ascending, sometimes slightly woody at base, not wiry, 1–3 mm diam., 15–50 cm, canescent. Leaves opposite; stipules distinct or connate at base, triangular-subulate, apex divided into 2–5 subulate to subulate-filiform segments, 0.5–0.7 mm, pilose; petiole 0.5–1.1 mm, pilose; blade ovate to oblong-elliptic, 4–9(–15) × 3–6 mm, base asymmetric, obtuse to rounded, margins usually entire, rarely very sparsely serrulate, apex usually obtuse to rounded, occasionally acute to apiculate, surfaces canescent; 3-veined from base, only midvein conspicuous. Cyathia solitary at nodes of short, axillary branches; peduncle 0.2–0.4 mm. Involucre turbinate to campanulate, 0.6–0.9 × 0.5–0.9 mm, pilose; glands 4, brown, slightly concave, elliptic to subcircular, 0.1–0.3 × 0.2–0.4 mm; appendages white to pink, as narrow rim along gland, (0–)0.1–0.2 × 0.3–0.5 mm, surfaces pilose, distal margin entire or crenulate. Staminate flowers 8–20. Pistillate flowers: ovary pilose; styles 0.6–0.7 mm, 2-fid 1/2 length. Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, 1.1–1.6 × 1.3–2.1 mm, pilose; columella 1.1–1.6 mm. Seeds gray to reddish brown, oblong-ovoid, 4-angled in cross section, 1–1.2 × 0.6–0.8 mm, flat or obscurely wrinkled.
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