Erect or ascending annual herb, 3-20 cm tall. Stems tomentose, branched at base or only above to form infl. Cauline lvs tomentose on lower surface, moderately to densely tomentose on upper, narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, apetiolate and broad-based, flat or sometimes slightly involute, 4-10 × 0.5-2 mm. Capitula c. 1-2 mm diam., in sessile clusters of (1)-2-8, terminal or in axils of branches; lvs subtending clusters lanceolate, not exceeding clusters. Involucral bracts tomentose, c. 1.5 mm long. Outer scales tomentose outside, herbaceous with membranous margin, 2.5-3 mm long, keeled at base; inner scales glabrous, herbaceous with broad membranous margins, obtuse to acute at apex, 2-2.5 mm long. Disc yellowish. Achenes of outer ♀ florets glabrous, 0.7-0.9 mm long; achenes of inner florets minutely and sparsely papillate, 0.5-0.6 mm long; pappus caducous, denticulate, free at base.
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