Herbs, annual, 20-30 cm tall, pubescent or ± glabrescent. Lower and middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade oblong or elliptic, 2-3 × 1-1.5 cm, pinnatisect; segments 2(or 3) pairs; lobes linear or filiform, 5-8 × 1-2 mm. Leaflike bracts like lowermost stem leaves; bracts filiform. Synflorescence a panicle. Involucre ovoid or hemispheric, 2.5-3 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 8-12. Disk florets 10-18, bisexual. Achenes ovoid or obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.

● Gobi Desert, gravelly soils; 2700-3300 m. N Gansu, NW Qinghai.