Leaf blades 8-25 × 9-23 mm. Peduncles scapiform, 3-20 cm. Ray corollas: tubes 3-3.5 mm, laminae 7-8 × 3-4 mm. Disc corollas 4-7.5 mm. Cypselae 2.5-4 mm; pappus bristles 4-7 mm. 2n = 22.

Flowering summer-fall, following rains. Gravelly or adobe soils, grasslands, playas; 1000-1900 m; N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico.