Herb, 6–12 in. high, simple or branched from the crown of the root; branches ascending, usually simple, thinly appressed lanate-tomentose. Leaves spathulate to linear-oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, mucronulate, upper rarely subacute, attenuate at the base or upper slightly so, sessile or lower narrowed into the winged petiole, thinly appressed-lanate beneath, nearly glabrate above, with few delicate veins, membranous, ranging up to 4 in. long by 1 in. wide. Capitula campanulate, 1/6 in. long, sessile, several together in subglobose terminal subterminal and axillary clusters, 1/3– 1/2 in. diam. arranged in terminal leafy spikes. Inner involucral scales linear-oblong, obtuse, scarious; outer ovate-oblong, acute, lanate. Receptacle nearly flat, naked or minutely papillose, 1/16 in. diam. hermaphrodite florets 4–; ♀ florets very numerous. Achenes oblong, slightly compressed, yellowish, nearly or quite glabrous.
