Leaves: basal and proximal spatulate to oblanceolate, bases narrowed; mid ovate to lanceolate, bases usually semiclasping; distal leaves similar, smaller. Peduncles (4-)8-20 cm, expanded distally, sparsely pilose proximally, moderately to densely pilose distally. Involucres hemispheric to globose, 9-17 × 12-20 mm. Phyllaries: outer usually 8, inner 9-13. Ray corollas 10-22 × 4.5-9.6(-11.6) mm. Disc corollas 5.1-7 mm. Cypselae 3-4.5 mm; pappus scales 2-3(-4.1) mm, apices usually rounded to acute or acuminate, rarely cuspidate, not aristate. 2n = 34(-), 36, 37 (18II + 1I), 38, 39 (19II + 1I), 39 (18II + 3I -), 40.

Flowering (Jan-)Mar-May(-Sep). Roadsides, open fields; 10-900 m; Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas).