Leaves mostly erect; blades oblanceolate, 4-10(-13) cm × 4-20 mm, margins entire, toothed, or lobed, lobes lanceolate to oblanceolate, faces glabrous or sparsely villous. Phyllaries lanceolate to oblanceolate, margins glabrous or ciliate, faces glabrous or villous (hairs opaque, mostly whitish), mostly eglandular. Corollas ± equal to phyllaries at flowering, ligules 3-6 mm; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm. Cypselae ± monomorphic, whitish, not purplish, ribs ± ridged, straight, ± uniform. 2n = 36.

Flowering Jul-Aug. Coastal dunes, sand hills, and beach heads; 0-50 m; Calif., Oreg., Wash.

Variety maritima occurs from Humboldt Bay, California, to Neah Bay, Washington.