 The 12–20 mm long flower phyllaries number 12–13, sometimes more, and they are lanceolate.Plants bloom in late winter to early summer, with normally one or two flower heads per stem, on 15 to 30 cm long peduncles, but sometimes 4 or more heads can be found per stem.Flower heads have 16-21 ray florets with laminae 20–35+ mm long.