Short-lived perennial herb flowering at 15 cm. but growing also much taller. Lvs submembr., ± clad in cobwebby hairs below; lower broadly ovate, deeply lobed to pinnatifid, lobes again toothed or lobed, narrowed to long broadly winged petiole, auriculate at base; lamina 4-10 × 3-6 cm.; upper lvs sessile with auriculate semiamplexicaul bases, acutely toothed or lobed above, sinuate towards base. Capitula ∞, up to 15 mm. diam., on slender bracteolate pedicels in corymbs; phyll. c. 15-20, 8-9 mm. long, linear, acute, margins scarious. Ray-florets 10-14, ligules 3-6 mm. long, yellow; disk-florets ∞. Achenes 2.5-3 mm. long, strigose; pappus-hairs up to 6 mm. long, very fine and soft.