rhizome ligneous; stems several, ascending-erect, simple, 1-headed, leafy, woolly; radical leaves oblong-tongue-shaped, obtuse, 3–5-nerved, the cauline linear-oblong, obtuse, the uppermost acuminate, all (save the youngest, which are cobwebby) on both sides glabrous, with a woolly margin; heads sessile or subpedunculate, many-fl.; inv. scales scarious, snow-white, glossy, lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the disc. Root thick and woody. Stems 3–6 inches high, closely leafy, the leaves smaller and narrower upwards. Root leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 3–5 lines wide. Pappus rough, Recept. naked, flat.
