Stolons slender, with numerous long simple eglandular hairs. Rosette lvs green, narrowly oblanceolate, sessile, entire or obscurely dentate, 5-15 × 1.5-2.5 cm, obtuse to subacute, cuneate at base, with numerous fine simple hairs 1-4 mm long on both surfaces; stellate hairs 0 or sparse beneath. Stems lvs 0-1, small. Flowering stems erect, (6)-15-40 cm tall, with numerous spreading simple eglandular hairs 3-5 mm long throughout, numerous short glandular hairs above and stellate hairs sparse below and dense above. Peduncles 1-2 cm long at flowering. Capitula (3)-5-10-(15) per stem; involucre 5-8-(10) mm long; bracts with numerous simple eglandular hairs, few to numerous glandular hairs, and numerous stellate hairs. Florets orange, purple when dry, not striped on outer face, c. 2× length of involucre. Achenes dark, 1.5-2 × c. 0.5 mm. Pappus sordid, up to 6 mm long.