Plants 45–90 cm. Corms globose to elongate. Stems hirtellous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear-oblance-olate to narrowly oblanceolate, 60–150 × 2–6 mm, abruptly reduced, linear, 1–2 mm wide, then gradually or little reduced distally, essentially glabrous or hirtellous (sometimes mostly along abaxial midveins), gland-dotted. Heads in dense, spiciform arrays (spreading to ascending, not strongly overlapping). Peduncles 0. Involucres cylindric, 9–11 × 3–5 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4(–5) series, oblong-obovate to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, strongly unequal, glabrous, sparsely puberulent, or hirtellous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices acute to acuminate (mid often cuspidate). Florets 3–4; corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 4–5.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
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