40 cm high herb, hairy pubecent, stem striate, leaves simple, apiculately dentate, Heads few, small clustered axilary or terminal, involucral bracts 2 seriate most outer very small, inner long linear or subulate outer surface minutely glandular and hairy, long hairs on margins, outer florets are female in head middle ones are bisecual style surface papillose, apex bifurcated, achene angles with very small hairs