Plants 4-8 cm. Leaves mostly alternate; petioles 3-7 mm; blades ovate, margins with 2-3 serrations or lobes, faces glabrous or minutely hairy; pappi of 2-3(-5) bristles (1-3 reduced). 2n = 34.

Flowering spring-fall. Caprock bluffs; of conservation concern; 1200 m; Tex.; Mexico.

Variety appressa is restricted to caprock bluffs in southeastern Brewster County and adjacent Mexico.