Plants to c. 45 cm high but mostly 5–20 cm high, glabrous. Leaves to c. 4.5 cm long; segments linear. Capitula solitary or few, discoid, 5–9 mm diam.; peduncle to c. 1 cm long; involucre 3–4.5 mm long; inner bracts with hyaline extension c. 1 mm long; mature receptacle ovoid. Ray florets absent. Disc florets: corolla c. 1 mm long; tube usually slightly longer and broader than limb; limb 4-lobed, greenish. Achenes obovoid, 1.2–1.5 mm long. Pappus a minute scarious rim.
A herb. It grows each year from seed. It grows 35 cm tall.