Stems 1-20+. Leaf blades 20-120 × 1-12 mm; cauline well developed, coriaceous, bases cuneate to attenuate, expanded laterally and abaxially, clasping, less so distally, apices acute to attenuate . Peduncles 1-5+ mm, glabrous or scabrous, resinous. Phyllaries mostly tan, 1-7 × 0.5-1+ mm, margins mostly entire, apices acute to attenuate (outer), obtuse to truncate, often mucronate (inner), a darker, thickened subapical gland often present. Ray florets 1-3, pistillate; corollas 4-8 mm, tubes 2-3.5 mm, laminae ± elliptic, 2.5-4.5 × 0.7-2.5 mm, lobes 0.5-1 mm; style branches 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate, stigmatic lines extending around entire margin, appendages 0. Disc corollas 3.5-5.5 mm; style branches essentially lacking, stigmatic lines 0, appendages ± 1 mm, covered with collecting hairs. Cypselae of ray 4-5 mm; pappi 3.5-7 mm.