Perennial tuberous-rooted succulent herb; stem cylindrical, tuberculate, longitudinally marked with darker green, 15–23 cm long.. Leaves succulent, cylindrical, 3–10 cm long, ± 1 mm in diameter when dry, glabrous.. Capitula discoid, solitary, terminal on 12–21 cm long bracteate scapes; involucre 17–20 mm long, 12–13 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus obscure or absent; phyllaries ± 12, 17–20 mm long, glaucous.. Ray florets absent; disc florets red, corolla 17–19 mm long, glabrous, tube hardly expanded above the middle, lobes 2–3 mm long.. Achenes unknown, but ovary 4 mm long, sparsely shortly hairy; pappus 15 mm long.
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