Baskets are globular, single or several together on short woolly stems peduncles up to 1 cm long, about 7 mm in diameter. Baskets consist of numerous flowers, located on the bare flower, surrounded by numerous, loosely pressed leaves of wrapping. All flowers are tubular, five-toothed, bisexual, with a tuft. Leaflets of the envelope are concave, dry, pleated, shining, external - ovate, medium - spatulate, elongated, internal - narrow, linear; rarely there are fruits - small achenes with a tuft.
The color of the leaflets of the wrapping is lemon yellow, sometimes with reddish orange tops, flowers - yellow or orange, flowers and leaves - gray, greenish or brownish gray.
Smell weak fragrant. The taste of water extract is spicy-bitter.