Stock slender, stems occ. solitary, us. close-set forming mosslike patches up to 5 cm. diam. Lvs densely imbricate, coriac., 3-4 × < 1 mm., linear-oblong, retuse, margins thickened above sheathing-base. Capitula sessile, terminal, minute, invested by lvs; phyll. c. 5, oblong, obtuse to apiculate, obscurely veined. Florets 4-8; ♀ with slender, cylindric, obscurely toothed corolla-tube; disk-florets with tubular more distinctly toothed corolla-tube. Achenes pubescent to setose, clavate, 4-angled; angles produced into slender setae.

Very small, solarity or matted herbs with poorly developed roots. Leaves linear, erect, 4 × 0.7 mm; apex retuse; margins glabrous and scariose in upper half. Capitula sessile; peduncle not elongated in fruit. Phyllaries 5, oblong, obtuse-acute, c. 3 mm long. Outer florets 1-2, tubular, 3--4-lobed, greenish with often purplish lobes, 1.4-1.7 mm long; vascular tissue absent. Central florets 2-3, perfect, 3--4-lobed, coloured as the outer florets, 1.7-1.8 mm long; vascular tissue marginal; anthers 0.7-0.9 mm long. Cypsela obovoid, often 4-angled, ribbed, hairy at base, c. 2 mm long including the awns at the apex.