Plants 1-2+ dm. Stems mostly arching upward. Leaves usually smaller than 4 × 2 cm, bases not clasping, margins notably laciniate to laciniate-toothed or -lobed (the lobes sometimes also toothed). Heads 1-2(-4). Phyllaries (± 8) ± 13, 7-10 mm.

Flowering s­ummer. Rocky slopes; of conservation concern; 3000+ m; Utah.