Glabrous or nearly so; rootstock not woolly; radical leaves numerous, rosulate, obovate-oblong, obtuse, tapering at base into a short petiole, one-nerved, thickish, subviscidulous, minutely callous-denticulate; stems simple, one-headed, angular below, striate above, nude or with a very few, distant, minute, subulate leaf-scales; heads many fl., radiate; inv. glabrous, sparingly calycled at base, of about 20 linear, acuminate scales; rays numerous, revolute; achenes (young) short, compressed, glabrous. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 1/2-3/4 inch wide, shaped almost exactly like those of the Daisy (Bellis perennis). Stems 10-12 inches high. Inv. 1/2 inch long, 4-5 lines across. Apparently a very distinct and quite an elegant species.
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