Stems 9-20(-32) cm. Heads 1-2(-7), held well beyond basal leaves. Involucres 4.5-6 × 10-13(-16). Phyllaries sparsely villous (hairs mostly 0.3-0.8 mm), minutely glandular. Rays: laminae 5-7 mm. Disc corollas 3-4(-5) mm. Cypselae 1.7-2.4 mm; pappi of 16-20 bristles 3-3.5 mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering May-Aug. Open, grassy sites, with sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, pine-oak, aspen-conifer; 1600-3000(-3700) m; Ariz, Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Utah, Wyo.