Stems sparsely puberulent, often tomentulose proximal to heads. Leaves sparsely puberulent, not resinous. Involucres 8-12 mm. Phyllaries recurved, margins glandular (if at all), apices obtuse to acute, faces apically cinereous. Disc florets 9-16; corollas 9-10 mm. 2n = 10.

Flowering Jul-Oct. Chaparral in foothills, coastal mountains, and islands, usually with Quercus, Pinus, Arctostaphylos, Rhus, Heteromeles, Adenostoma, Ceanothus; 100-1300 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).