Plants 19–37 cm. Stems erect, puberulent. Leaves basal and proxi-malmost cauline withering by flowering; cauline sessile; blades obovate, 10–60 × 3–9 mm, margins entire, apices acute, distal acuminate, faces puberulent. Heads 2–3 per branch, in compact corymbi-form arrays. Peduncle bracts ovate, puberulent. Involucres 6–9 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, outer 3–5 mm, mid 5–7 mm, puberulent. Ray florets 1–2; corolla tubes 2–4 mm, laminae 2–3 mm. Disc florets 9–17; corolla tubes 4–6 mm, lobes 0.6–1 mm. Ovaries fusiform-obconic, 1–2 mm, strigose; pappi: inner series 6–7 mm.
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