Perennial herb, scapose. Leaves radical, simple or pinnatifid, membranous or subcoriaceous, petiolate. Scapes naked or scaly, not widened at the base but often slightly widened below the capitula. Capitula solitary, radiate or discoid. Phyllaries multiseriate, imbricate. Ray florets when present 1-seriate. Corolla bilabiate with prominent spreading outer lip and small linear inner lip, functionally female. Disc florets bisexual, outer lip 3-toothed, inner 2-toothed, rolled backward. Cypselas elliptic or ovoid, 5-10-ribbed. Pappus densely barbellate, whitish.