Leaves: petioles 3-40+ mm; blades ovate to lance-ovate, mostly 20-40(-100) × 10-35 mm, margins dentate to denticulate or entire. Cypselae 1-2.5 mm, ciliate or not, tips of cilia straight; pappi 0 or of 1-2(-3) bristles. 2n = 52.

Flowering Jan-Dec. Disturbed, wet or drying sites; 0-200 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila).