Perennial rosette herb with simple, short, non-creeping rhizomes. Basal lvs apetiolate, obovate to oblong-obovate, cuneate, obtuse, crenate with 1-6 pairs of teeth often confined to distal 1/2, rarely ± entire, moderately pilose on both surfaces, 20-40-(80) × 8-20-(25) mm. Peduncle pilose, < 1 cm long at flowering, elongating to up to 6-(9) cm long at fruiting, with 1 triangular scale-like lf. Capitula c. 2 mm diam. at anthesis. Involucral bracts ovate to elliptic-oblong, glabrous or sparsely hairy, erect at fruiting and often tinged purple, 2-3 mm long. Corolla of ♀ florets white, that of ♂ florets green, later tinged purple. Achenes glabrous, c. 2-2.5 mm long.