Plants ± erect, 3-15(-18+) cm. Leaf lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear, 8-20+ × 1-2(-5) mm, faces sparsely scabrellous and gland-dotted. Involucres ± turbinate or obconic to hemispheric, 5-6+ × 4-6+ mm. Ray florets 3-8; corollas pale yellow (sometimes ochroleucous), laminae 2-5 mm. Disc florets 20-35+; corollas 3-3.5 mm. Cypselae 3-4 mm, seldom gland-dotted, usually hirsutulous (at least at bases); pappus scales usually lanceolate to linear-subulate, 0.8-1.2(-2) mm. 2n = 24.

Flowering May-Sep. Roadsides, etc., on sandy, silty, or loamy soils of grasslands, plains, or prairies; 1000-1700 m; Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.