Annuals, 5-20(-40+) cm. Leaf blades narrowly oblong or oblanceolate to linear, 15-50(-100+) × 3-15(-25+) mm, mar-gins usually dentate to pinnatifid, sometimes entire. Peduncles (3-)5-12+ cm. Phyllaries 6-12+ mm. Ray corolla laminae abaxially white to ochroleucous or yellowish (often marked with blue to purple), adaxially mostly whitish (often blue to purplish at bases and/or apices), 20-30+ mm. Disc florets 30-50+; corollas whitish to yellowish, usually bluish to purplish distally, 4-6 mm (lobe apices acute, terete, or dilated). Ray cypselae 4-6 mm; disc cypselae 6-8 mm. 2n = 18.

Flowering Mar-Apr. Disturbed places; 0-100 m; introduced; Calif.; South Africa.