5-15 cm tall. Tap root thick, tapering. Leaves radical and cauline, 1-2-pinnate; pinnae ovate, serrate to crenate. Involucre of a few pinnate bracts. Rays 5-10. Involucel of 5-8 divided white margined bractlets. Fruit oblong; fruit wall lax, papillate; furrows 1-vittate. Inner seed face grooved.