Leaf blades mostly 3-15(-20+) cm × 10-30(-45+) mm (including petioles), both faces sparsely pilose or hirsute, often glabrescent, abaxial resin-gland-dotted. Bracts 15-45+ × 2-5+ mm. Inner phyllaries 9-12 mm, sparsely hispidulous to pilosulous (hairs 0.1-0.3 mm), often glabrescent. Cypselae 7-8 mm; pappi 1-9+ mm (including aristae). 2n = 26, 28 [3 reports, all from outside flora].

Flowering Jan (probably year-round). Open places on sandy soils; 0-10+ m; introduced; Fla.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; Asia; Pacific Islands.