Suffruticose, 19 – 28 (-40) cm tall herb with woody, often glabrous, basally leaf-scar bearing stem. Leaves alternate, 1 – 1.5 cm long including petioles, divided less than halfway to midrib, the uppermost leaves sometimes linear and entire. Capitula solitary, 0.5 – 1.7 cm in diameter, broader than long, on very short peduncles. Phyllaries 4 – 5 mm long, often with sessile glands and dark brown scarious margins. Receptacle convex, sometimes hemispherical. Ray-florets 0.8 – 1.3 (-1.5) mm long. Disc-florets 2.5 – 3 (-3.5) mm long. Cypselas 0.75 – 1.5 (-2) mm. Pappus of deltate rigid teeth, less than 0.5 mm long.