Plant 6-18 cm tall. Leaves linear to lanceolate, 20-30 mm x 2-4 mm, upper often pinnatifid, margin sparsely pubescent. Bracts 3-4 mm long, margin white, ciliate. Flowers in dense globose clusters. Calyx 6-lobed; lobes triangular, uncinate. Achene 3-5 mm long, turbinate, vinous; sterile locule pair smaller than the fertile one.

Type: Described from Lusitania (Portugal), Hb. Linn. 48/16 (LINN).

Distribution: C. and S. Europe, Turkey, SW and C. Asia, N. Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A rare plant. The above cited specimen is the only record from here.