HABIT	TUFTED PERENNIAL, 5-45 CM TALL.
STEMS	STEMS CROWDED OR REMOTE, SOLID, RATHER STIFF, SHARPLY THREE-ANGULAR, SMOOTH, 1-1.5 MM IN DIAMETER.
LEAVES	2-4, WELL DEVELOPED, SOFT TO RATHER STIFF, KELLED, LINEAR, MARGINS OF THE UPPER PART SCABROUS, USUALLY SHORTER THAN THE STEMS.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE TERMINAL, HEAD-LIKE, OVOID GLOBOSE TO ELLIPSOID, 8-12 X 6-10 MM; INITIALLY PURE WHITE, LATER RUSTY BROWN.
FRUITS	NUT BICONVEX, COMPRESSED, OBLONG TO OBLONG OBOVATE, APICULATE, YELLOW TO DARKISH BROWN TO GLOSSY BLACK, VERY FINELY WARTED, 1.3-1.5 X 0.5- 0.7 MM.