Plants (0.3-)0.5-3(-5) ×1-6(-8) dm. Leaves: petiole 0.5-3 cm; blade narrowly spatulate to obovate, (0.5-)1-5 × (0.1-)0.2-0.8(-1.2) cm. Inflorescences: bracts 3(-5), unilateral, spreading to nearly erect, connate for 1/ 2 their length, triangular to ovate or oblong, becoming acerose only at terminal nodes and then linear to linear-lanceolate, 0.5-1(-2) cm, apex acute to obtuse; awns 1-2.5(-3) mm. Involucres 1-3, (2-)3(-4)-angled, obscurely ribbed and not corrugate, not ventricose, 2.5-5(-7) mm; teeth (2-)3(-4), spreading to strongly divergent, glandular or slightly hirsute; awns divergent, (0.5-)1-2.5(-3) mm. Flowers 1(-2); perianth 1.5-2.5(-3) mm, pubescent at least near base abaxially; tepals oblong, entire apically; stamens 6-9; filaments 1-2(-2.5) mm; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm. Achenes 2-3 mm. 2n = 38.
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