Perennials, 15–40 cm (rhizomes slender). Stems 1–8, branches ascending, ± tomentose. Leaves green (at least cauline) at flowering; blades oblong-oblanceolate, 3–6 cm, margins entire or toothed (teeth remote, faces tomentose). Heads borne singly or clustered along stems and branches. Peduncles 2–10 mm (glabrous). Calyculi of (4–6) appressed bractlets (unequal, lengths to 1/2 phyllaries). Involucres 8–10 mm (phyllaries 5, glabrous). Florets 5(–6). Cypselae tan, 4–4.4 mm, faces smooth, grooved; pappi of 30–40, white bristles (persistent), wholly plumose. 2n = 16.
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