Herbs 10-20 cm tall, perennial. Stem solitary, erect, simple. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 2-5 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 5-12 × 1-3 cm, pinnatisect, abaxially grayish white and densely tomentose, adaxially green and sparsely pubescent; lateral lobes (4-)7-15 pairs, oblong, patent, margin entire or with 1 or 2 teeth, apex rounded or obtuse and mucronate; terminal lobe triangular-ovate, apex acute. Stem leaves few or almost absent, sessile, linear, ca. 4 × 0.2 cm. Capitulum solitary, terminal on stem. Involucre campanulate, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam. Phyllaries in ca. 4 rows, sparsely villous, apex long acuminate; outer phyllaries subulate, ca. 10 × 2 mm; middle phyllaries narrowly elliptic, ca. 15 × 2 mm; inner phyllaries narrowly elliptic, ca. 17 × 2 mm. Corolla purple, ca. 1.2 cm, tube ca. 7 mm, limb ca. 5 mm. Achene cylindric, ca. 3 mm, transversely rugose. Pappus pale brown; outer bristles ca. 3 mm, scabrid; inner bristles ca. 9 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.
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