Annuals, 10-30 cm. Stems ± spreading. Leaves: oblanceolate, 10-40 mm, rarely 2-3-lobed, ultimate margins usually entire, plane (apices acute), faces ± woolly. Heads borne singly. Peduncles 3-10 cm. Involucres campanulate, 3-5 mm diam. Phyllaries 8-10, distinct. Ray florets 8-10; laminae yellow, 3-5 mm. Disc florets 10-30; corollas 2-3 mm (tubes cylindric, throats funnelform, gradually dilated, lobes not glandular; anther appendages deltate, glandular). Cypselae 2.5-3 mm; pappi of 3-5 ± spatulate scales 0.5-1 mm plus 3-5 lanceolate scales 1.5-2 mm. 2n = 14.

Flowering Mar-Jun. Rocky openings, foothill woodlands or yellow pine forests; of conservation concern; 500-1900 m; Calif.