2n = 28

Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1-many, decumbent to erect, usually simple, sometimes much-branched, c. 10-50 cm tall. Lvs usually all cauline at flowering, apetiolate, densely white-tomentose on lower surface, glabrous on upper, plane, usually narrow-oblong, oblanceolate or narrow-elliptic, rarely linear, not or slightly cuneate to amplexicaul base, acute, 15-50-(80) × (1)- 2-10 mm. Capitula 1-2 mm diam., (6)-8-numerous in dense ± globular terminal clusters, often smaller axillary clusters below; longest subtending lvs 1-3× diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts elliptic, obtuse to retuse, 3.2-4 mm long; stereome green; lamina pale to dark brown; gap and margins clear or tinged reddish purple. Achenes glabrous, 0.6-0.8 mm long.