Perennials, 5–15(–20) cm. Stems 1–7, glandular-puberulent and sparsely lanate. Leaves mostly basal; blades narrowly spatulate, 2–6 cm, margins lobed or toothed (lobes or teeth mostly oblong), faces sparsely lanate to woolly; distal cauline leaves narrowly lanceolate, much reduced. Heads 1. Involucres obconic, 8–12 mm diam. Phyllaries 8–12 mm, outer narrowly obovate to oblong-lanceolate, apices acuminate to acute. Ray florets 12–30; corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 6–10 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 6–8 mm; pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm. 2n = 38.