Perennials, 20–60 cm; probably fibrous-rooted. Stems ± stipitate-or sessile-glandular, otherwise glabrous. Leaves sessile; blades (leathery, slightly succulent, shiny) oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate or broadly lance-olate, 3–5 × (0.6–)1.5–2 cm (bases subclasping and sub-auriculate), margins serrulate, faces ± stipitate-or sessile-glandular, otherwise glabrous or distalmost minutely puberulent. Heads in corymbiform arrays. Involucres turbinate to campanulate, 5–6 × 4–5 mm. Phyllaries pink to lavender or cream, proximally stipitate-or sessile-glandular, distally densely stipitate-glandular (outermost ovate-lanceolate, lengths usually 1 times inner, rarely only 0.5 times inner). Corollas pink to lavender or cream or pinkish to rosy. Pappi persistent, bristles distinct.
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