Plants (2-)6-15(-30+) cm. Leaves: blades spatulate or oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, glabrous or moderately to densely hairy (not strigoso-canescent or sericeous), densely gland-dotted. Heads 1-20(-35) per plant. Peduncles (1-)5-15(-30) cm. Outer phyllaries 7-10, 3.9-6.5 mm, margins 0-0.3(-0.4) mm wide, often slightly scarious, abaxial faces sparsely to usually moderately to sometimes densely hairy. Ray florets 9-15; corollas 11-17 mm. Cypselae 3-3.7 mm; pappi 2-3.5 mm. 2n = 28, 30, 56, 60.

Flowering (Apr-)May-Jul(-Sep). Roadsides, hillsides, grasslands, edges of woods, aspen meadows; 1300-2900 m; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Nev., Utah.