Plants (0.5-)1-6 × 0.5-4 dm. Leaf blades 1-7 × 0.5-2 cm. Inflores-cences 1-5 dm; bracts 1-4(-10) × 0.5-3 mm, awns 0.2-1.5 mm. Peduncles (0.3-)1-5(-7.5) cm. Involucres 1.5-2 mm, awns ivory or reddish, 2-5 mm. Flowers: perianth 2-2.5 mm; filaments 2-2.5 mm; anthers 0.3-0.6 mm. Achenes 1.7-2 mm.