Herbs (10-)14-30 cm tall. Petiole purple, narrow; leaf blade ± light grayish mid-green, linear-oblanceolate to linear, 6-15 × 1.3-2.1 cm, sparsely arachnoid, pinnatisect; lateral lobes 6 or 7 pairs, from a broad base abruptly narrowing into a lingulate-linear distal part, 5-10 × 2-3 mm, patent to slightly subrecurved, proximal margin ± straight and entire or with one tooth, distal margin concave to sigmoid and entire or with one tooth; interlobes to 12 × 2 mm, margin ± entire; terminal lobe 3-partite, basal segments patent, terminal segment lingulate-elongated, 7-14 × 2.5-4 mm, and apex ± acute. Scapes brownish green, ± overtopping leaves, arachnoid. Capitulum ca. 2 cm wide. Involucre 6-7 mm wide, base subobconic. Outer phyllaries in early flowering plants 9-15, dark olivaceous green with reddish brown apex, ± not imbricate, ovate to lanceolate, 3.5-6.5 × 2-3.5 mm, appressed, with a ± conspicuous whitish green to 0.5 mm wide border, apex ± flat to callose; outer phyllaries in late flowering plants 17-22, imbricate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4.5-6 × 1.8-2.6 mm, with light green middle part and a whitish green or membranous ca. 0.5(-0.8) mm wide border; inner phyllaries ca. 1 cm, apex ± flat. Ligules yellow; outer ligules ± flat, outside striped pinkish pale gray; inner ligules with yellow to dirty yellow apical teeth; ligule tube pubescent. Stigmas dirty yellow to yellowish green. Anthers polliniferous; pollen grains irregular in size. Achene light ochraceous grayish to light gray, 4.5-4.8 × 0.9-1 mm; body sparsely spinulose above, ± gradually narrowing into a thick subcylindric 1.2-1.5 × ca. 0.4 mm cone, spinules thin and erect-patent; beak 3.5-4.5 mm. Pappus yellowish white, 6-7 mm. Fl. spring to summer. Agamosperm.
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