Herbs 12-20 cm tall. Petiole reddish, narrow; leaf blade mid-green to deep green with a pale green to purplish midvein, ± oblanceolate, 6-15 × 1.3-2.5 cm, sparsely arachnoid, pinnatisect, sometimes divided to very midvein; lateral lobes 3-5, narrowly triangular to linear-triangular, patent to subrecurved, proximal margin minutely dentate or entire, distal margin usually with a few minute teeth near base; interlobes 2-3(-4) mm wide, margin with several acute filiform teeth or lobules; terminal lobe triangular to 3-partite, margin entire or with 1 or 2 teeth at base of basal segments, apex acute. Scapes brownish green, overtopping leaves, arachnoid below capitulum. Capitulum 2-3 cm wide. Involucre 0.9-1.1 cm wide, base rounded. Outer phyllaries (10-)13-16, green or suffused pinkish, ± not imbricate, ovate, outermost ones (6-)7-9 × (2.3-)3.5-4(-5.5) mm and 1/2-3/5 as long as inner ones, appressed, surface with a distinct venation, with an indistinct paler membranous whitish green border to 1 mm wide, margin subglabrous, corniculate near apex; inner phyllaries 1.3-1.4 cm. Ligules yellow; outer ligules outside striped gray; ligule tube pubescent. Stigmas ± yellow. Anthers polliniferous; pollen irregular in size. Achene reddish brown to light red, (3.4-)3.6-4(-4.2) × 0.7-0.9 mm; body spinulose above, subgradually narrowing into a thin cylindric 0.7-0.8 mm cone, spinules ± erect-patent and acute; beak 8-9 mm. Pappus yellowish white, 5-6 mm. Fl. spring. Agamosperm.
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