Leaves oblanceolate to lance-linear. Peduncles 30-50 mm. Involucres 5-7 mm. Phyllaries ± 8, distinct, oblanceolate, apices acute. Ray florets 8; corollas yellow, laminae 2-7 mm (w San Joaquin Valley) or 9-17 mm (se San Joaquin Valley), entire or slightly lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers). Disc florets 20-40. Cypselae ± prismatic, not obcompressed, 2.5-3 mm, 3-angled (ray) or 4-angled (disc), uniformly gray-strigose. 2n = 26.

Flowering Feb-May. Clayey areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak woodlands; 50-800 m; Calif.