Leaves: petioles 2-20 mm; blades 5-20 × 5-15 mm overall, lobes 1-1.5 mm wide. Peduncles 0.5-5+ mm. Involucres 2-5+ mm high. Phyllaries: outer 3 ± scabrellous, inner scarious to membranous. Paleae 1.5-2 mm. Pistillate florets: corollas 0.5-1+ mm, ± strigillose. Functionally staminate florets: corollas 1.5-2 mm. Cypselae 1.5-2 mm.

Flowering May-Oct. Sandy or gravelly flats, washes, usually alkaline soils; 1000-2200 m; Calif., Nev.